From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27979: tab completion for "(yes or no)?" Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:49:55 +0300 Message-ID: <83vam0tzd8.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87lgmxh6w5.fsf@jidanni.org> <87r2wp6v1m.fsf@calancha-pc> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502038269 12080 195.159.176.226 (6 Aug 2017 16:51:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 16:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 27979@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Tino Calancha Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 06 18:51:05 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deOld-0002u6-6N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 18:51:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33798 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1deOlj-0005l0-Ad for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:51:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53926) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1deOld-0005kg-7l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1deOla-0005UL-5n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1deOla-0005UC-1l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deOlZ-0002gJ-RB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:51:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27979 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 27979-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27979.150203821310250 (code B ref 27979); Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27979) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Aug 2017 16:50:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44915 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deOkn-0002fG-EJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:50:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34594) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deOkm-0002f4-7l for 27979@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:50:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1deOkb-00059w-Qs for 27979@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:50:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42445) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1deOkb-00059s-Nq; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:50:01 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3245 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1deOkb-0006FQ-AE; Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:50:01 -0400 In-reply-to: <87r2wp6v1m.fsf@calancha-pc> (message from Tino Calancha on Sun, 06 Aug 2017 15:59:33 +0900) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:135503 Archived-At: > From: Tino Calancha > Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 15:59:33 +0900 > Cc: 27979@debbugs.gnu.org > > IMO, Emacs prefers `yes-or-no-p' for dangerous actions, and it > uses `y-or-n-p' for safe ones. I think this is good, to protect > beginners from lost important data; offering TAB completion would > somehow contradict this idiom. Agreed.