From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Canceling dialogues
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:19:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85irldh3qz.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ufygh1ovd.fsf@jasonrumney.net> (Jason Rumney's message of "Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:49:26 +0100")
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> writes:
> 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"?
Depends on the question. For something like
Save buffer before exiting?
it is actually a third choice. For others it might be "No", but I am
not sure that it might not in some cases be "Yes".
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-31 21:19 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 [this message]
2006-07-31 23:12 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-08-01 5:55 ` David Kastrup
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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