From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: weak init-file warnings may never be noticed Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:32:59 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <878ydh88tg.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090191958 2675 80.91.224.253 (18 Jul 2004 23:05:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 23:05:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 19 01:05:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BmKj5-0000yp-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 01:05:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BmKlj-0000Sm-Bv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:08:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BmKlW-0000GI-6p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:08:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BmKlQ-0000DG-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:08:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BmKlQ-0000Cq-EO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:08:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BmKhu-0006ZS-Kx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:04:34 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-79-16.2-4.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.79.16]:34005 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with asmtp (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.40 #0) id 1BmKhr-000DML-DO by authid with plain for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 04:34:32 +0530 Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni1 with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BmGT5-00019b-8c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:32:59 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:8437 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8437 You guys probably thought you were real swift with messages like An error has occurred while loading `/home/jidanni/.emacs': File error: "Cannot open load file", "bla bla... However if one does $ emacs some_file the message stays up for about a second or two, before some_file replaces it. Unless the user is in the habit of staring at the computer, he may miss it. And, if emacs is started e.g., from ~/.xsession then he could go a lifetime without noticing it amongst the window pile. Therefore, when interactive at least, you might consider a y-or-n minibuffer interaction, "okay?" "Got that, Holmes?" "continue or stop?" "Blunder forth nevertheleast?"