From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44202: [PATCH] Add variable to control confirmation of help-mode-revert-buffer Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:04:29 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87lffu9zye.fsf@gnus.org> <87a6wa8d1w.fsf@gnus.org> <87sga1477z.fsf@gnus.org> <87lffsruwg.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1255"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 44202@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen , Kevin Foley Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 17 14:05:54 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0gD-00005z-Kz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:05:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54376 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0gC-0001L1-IS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:05:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43096) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0fO-0000qR-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:05:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:47122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0fO-0002TC-0p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:05:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0fN-0004Z7-SP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:05:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44202 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch fixed Original-Received: via spool by 44202-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44202.160561827917518 (code B ref 44202); Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44202) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Nov 2020 13:04:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58668 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0f0-0004YT-TU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:04:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ej1-f45.google.com ([209.85.218.45]:40385) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kf0ey-0004YE-9P for 44202@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:04:37 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ej1-f45.google.com with SMTP id oq3so29275993ejb.7 for <44202@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:04:36 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ZbJT+fOP/pFP5FWTiYoR1Pr1M549DmYNAvoupiMjsD0=; b=sB0IGj0p3P9fwUO8mZENB0cTtMlSU9zsWZ0MXe747xfZjB1Y3TK0furTnvYx1Ca5Qh OUPwxnE1VYIfBaeQM0kAr5AIfvhodeK0zs4slrnlXsOQ3of4yx1TXuLUioa88osUpOJZ +9PN5+/Uddu0B9LkS/68lQPcqeT7MvESKQXeaLzUEE+xi83qFz98KkQXrXOXv4OjOCOS 4tWlZrJzqRyuAhrvkM2EzntRI2/CTwdSEEa7Hc03eOLS4ir1zNeCFE5/ZPxvFLBY+4wk eyup291Y/DaSvppHsRSFVSTPvHP/T3SSNLOtUtuItvYYFRjaL1ST5f1V0CX9/YPsN8f4 wOIw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532ahEeXuEIPlwj2WTyS7UtD2uBBEsD70o04FT4bh75LDc3K1hBf fQ2c3oEwIstK7dmbLpqZvPwDgUotmu4j9F641p0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwjnvmDH454qDlgixWND/NgaX8ViP9x4/JOf352Gyh06bBU2v1AFIUEJOkE/PbSsNYp12H0GzG2o/9SDPY1moc= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:ce24:: with SMTP id sd4mr18750991ejb.432.1605618270558; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:04:30 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:04:29 -0800 In-Reply-To: <87lffsruwg.fsf@gnus.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:193541 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > So I've just removed the prompting in *Help* unconditionally on the > trunk now. I like this change. But I have now run into the scenario where I type `g' to see the new value of a variable (where I expected a change) and nothing seemed to happen. The problem, of course, was that the value of the variable did not change as I expected. For me, this is fine, but I think this risks being confusing to beginners. And now I'm starting to think that perhaps this is why the prompt was added in the first place. So I wonder if it would perhaps make sense to show a message when the buffer is reverted? That way the user will get at least some feedback.