From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29313: Replace gnus-yes-or-no-p with yes-or-no-p? Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:11:04 -0800 Message-ID: <87wp2rug5j.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <8760abvvpg.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lgj70ypg.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510798391 13012 195.159.176.226 (16 Nov 2017 02:13:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:13:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 29313@debbugs.gnu.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 16 03:13:07 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 1eF9ft-0002xe-FE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:13:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38626 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9g0-0008Oq-Ju for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:13:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39189) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9fu-0008OZ-Aa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:13:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9fq-0007V6-9v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:13:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33699) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9fq-0007Us-4X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:13:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9fp-0004Kf-Mu; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:13:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bugs@gnus.org Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:13:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29313 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,gnus X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29313-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29313.151079837716642 (code B ref 29313); Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:13:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29313) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2017 02:12:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42379 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9ff-0004KE-Qd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:12:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([50.56.99.223]:60937) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eF9fd-0004K5-Sw for 29313@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:12:50 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (71-212-22-173.tukw.qwest.net [71.212.22.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7B67AC013B; Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:12:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mail.ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1510798368; bh=pXEB1zEC07adqnQ7Oc5/3bVe7ORmeATuZTTqOFFsTm8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=QDmjoXPQW2tFd9jbl63kl/92VhmjOjkeyrjDR7N1W9MhUmKb1MHkWjJjZCm10W5U/ 58wjU6nSJPyQq2F0uunhJiAmiHGjl4E7klTCWo1b7WkoSNFmxp/Whmx8qK6yPqH0i5 QivLPDG18h84hT3ZRAf77EaqsKds3ae+BJUKF3Qs= In-Reply-To: <87lgj70ypg.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (Noam Postavsky's message of "Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:00:43 -0500") 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:139949 Archived-At: Noam Postavsky writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> Gnus has the following defined: >> >> (defun gnus-y-or-n-p (prompt) >> (prog1 >> (y-or-n-p prompt) >> (message ""))) >> >> (defun gnus-yes-or-no-p (prompt) >> (prog1 >> (yes-or-no-p prompt) >> (message ""))) >> >> I wonder if I'm missing something here: for the life of me I can't see >> how the behavior is different from the built-ins. The built-ins don't >> put anything in the minibuffer, why would we'd have to blank it? Is this >> historical? > > They put the prompt in the minibuffer, don't they? (not sure why it's > important to blank that out though) Oh! The prompt is *left* in the minibuffer. Of course I figure that out moments after making the bug report. Well, at least the functions actually *do* something. Whether that's worth doing is another question, but I'll leave it for now.