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#32738: 26.1.50; 'read-answer' allows only single characters as short answers Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:04:27 +0300 Message-ID: <83y3c3i12c.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1537002193 28167 195.159.176.226 (15 Sep 2018 09:03:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:03:13 +0000 (UTC) To: 32738@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 15 11:03:09 2018 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 1g16Tr-0007Bn-2N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:03:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54798 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16Vx-0004QW-CX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:05:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39897) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16Vo-0004QR-0S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16Vj-0003pp-44 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:05:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16Vi-0003pf-Vb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g16Vi-00007Y-NJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:05:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 32738 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.1537002291436 (code B ref -1); Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Sep 2018 09:04:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41093 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VX-00006y-3a for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46982) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VU-00006j-OC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VO-0003Am-C3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:43 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:58530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VO-0003Ac-7S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39725) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VN-0004Np-4x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VJ-00038X-3K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39047) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VH-00037s-Tp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3443 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1g16VH-0005yp-Hr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:04:35 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x 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:150326 Archived-At: This is a feature request. The new function read-answer allows only single-character short answers, and formats them with %c in the prompt displayed to the user. This has several disadvantages: . Function keys cannot be used as short answers. For example, it would be good to be able to use F1 for "help", but it is currently impossible. . Character events that aren't valid characters, such as C-M-h, cannot be used, because %c barfs when it sees a character event with modifiers (it doesn't pass the 'characterp' test). . Control characters, like C-h, are shown as raw bytes, with their special face, thus standing out unnecessarily. It would be nice if these restrictions could be lifted. In GNU Emacs 26.1.50 (build 205, i686-pc-mingw32) of 2018-09-15 built on HOME-C4E4A596F7 Repository revision: 20ecc5266e1ffb1cff3e31475631b5c76b99e997 Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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