From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 43376@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43376: A more aware "compilation process is running; kill it? (yes or no) "
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 19:14:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8m9ha52.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k0wxvm94.5.fsf@jidanni.org> ("積丹尼 Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Sun, 13 Sep 2020 21:28:55 +0800")
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> When one is looking at the prompt
> "A compilation process is running; kill it? (yes or no) "
> but then the compilation finishes,
> wouldn't it be great if the prompt realized that fact and changed itself?
Perhaps... but if it changes just when you're about to type "yes", then
you'll end up typing "yes" into some random buffer, which isn't nice.
I this the UI should avoid, as far as possible, pulling the rug out from
under the user.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2020-09-13 13:28 bug#43376: A more aware "compilation process is running; kill it? (yes or no) " 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2020-09-13 17:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-09-14 12:29 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2020-09-14 12:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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