From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Revisit file non-literally? (y or n) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:55:12 +0800 Message-ID: <87irn88qa7.fsf@jidanni.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150496540 28623 80.91.229.2 (16 Jun 2006 22:22:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:22:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 17 00:22:19 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrMhm-0001BS-Nc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:22:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrMhm-0006Ph-72 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:22:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FrMhi-0006Ox-H6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:22:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FrMhg-0006Mz-1n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:22:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrMhf-0006Mh-PD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:22:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FrMrN-00030o-UL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:32:14 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-20-239.dialup.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.20.239]:3360 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.62 #0) id 1FrMhX-0002Nz-BL by authid with plain for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:52:09 +0530 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15154 Archived-At: >>>>> "r" == Richard Stallman writes: r> Revisit file non-literally? (y or n) r> Please answer y or n. Revisit file non-literally? (y or n) [2 times] r> I thought that question would be clear. If you used find-file-literally, r> and then you want to find the same file in the normal way, it asks r> for confirmation before doing so. r> Can you explain how this isn't clear? Once I understand, r> maybe I can think of something to do about it. Assume the user is in a single window which he cannot escape to check documentation. He knows his everyday English, but this is his first encounter with your use of "literally", so you should offer a "?" choice which spends a paragraph or two spelling out all the consequences of y and n.