From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Canceling dialogues
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:55:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8564hdgfuf.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44CE8E76.5050802@student.lu.se> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:12:54 +0200")
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se> writes:
> Jason Rumney wrote:
>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se> writes:
>>
>>
>>>> The menu only has YES and NO, so that's what is displayed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes ... - I was suggesting that we should add a Cancel alternative. So
>>> I do not understand what you mean. Can you explain?
>>>
>>
>> What does "Cancel" mean, in the context of a Yes/No question? Doesn't
>> it mean the same as "No"?
>>
> Does not C-g cancel the last user command?
Not really. It stops it dead in its track, but any progress that has
already been made before the dialog will remain.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-01 5:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-31 17:38 Canceling dialogues Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-07-31 19:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 19:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-07-31 20:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 20:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-07-31 23:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 23:59 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-01 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-01 6:21 ` Jan Djärv
2006-07-31 20:49 ` Jason Rumney
2006-07-31 21:19 ` David Kastrup
2006-07-31 23:12 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-08-01 5:55 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2006-08-01 6:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-08-01 20:09 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-01 4:35 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-01 6:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 19:43 ` Stuart D. Herring
2006-07-31 19:53 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 19:57 ` David Kastrup
2006-07-31 19:59 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-07-31 23:59 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-01 5:57 ` David Kastrup
2006-08-01 20:09 ` Richard Stallman
2006-07-31 22:17 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-01 3:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-01 6:39 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-08-01 7:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-02 5:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-02 6:10 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-08-02 7:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-02 21:20 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-02 21:20 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-03 3:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-03 9:46 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-08-03 19:14 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-03 22:16 ` Jason Rumney
2006-08-01 8:36 ` Jason Rumney
2006-08-01 20:08 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-01 8:58 LENNART BORGMAN
2006-08-01 12:06 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-08-03 10:14 LENNART BORGMAN
2006-08-03 11:32 ` Mathias Dahl
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