From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Confused by y-or-n-p Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:26:09 -0400 Message-ID: <877dp79i2m.fsf@red-bean.com> References: <834kkcr1eo.fsf@gnu.org> <87eejg1ep4.fsf@red-bean.com> <83blekp8tg.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Karl Fogel Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39334"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 24 19:27:23 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1ksVKc-000A7t-Nd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:27:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39378 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksVKb-00062G-Ik for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 13:27:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55534) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksVJX-0005WD-Hh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 13:26:15 -0500 Original-Received: from newsp.red-bean.com ([45.79.25.59]:48024 helo=sanpietro.red-bean.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksVJV-0003IK-8b; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 13:26:15 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=red-bean.com; s=202005newsp; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:Reply-To:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=sLQbaQEalSIoWwVYbp0q7UJ/vFTcxM1iC49KSPR4GFU=; t=1608834371; x=1610043971; b=gIlaXlf5kwwH2AExK6O/trl+9v3Ey+a7F/gNg/a/SKFPjBHO759oJ+MO08YYuCkzS3XfFoHr4a K6pjjpWRQyJxaPOL/3ytQKN6A/VzFjVd4OACEX4i2DpCDnMua6QsZn0Oiz5qapgT+Fg0evlxmlecb UaJ9yDGhAJsH8WcHnGj3mqfYFW6FGAYaCar0LeURczPTwKVfgttYTdiHp4NpJwbjKScY+V0IvF5bj QylHaAy962qwqDP5lBZEdWaReTHXwRqYTB59BZhcurbzpXjT+EcW0K32fd64wqKauOGw8DnvfpOu6 xQo4d/B75bCavYzHfXyVtukXd7/eSZM9XrtWA==; Original-Received: from host-24-89-198-178.public.eastlink.ca ([24.89.198.178]:43278 helo=klen) by sanpietro.red-bean.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ksVJS-0002NM-SS; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:26:11 +0000 In-Reply-To: <83blekp8tg.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:27:07 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=45.79.25.59; envelope-from=kfogel@red-bean.com; helo=sanpietro.red-bean.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:261701 Archived-At: On 23 Dec 2020, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> (And, though I know some disagree, I don't think there's much cost >> to adding little options like this. Emacs already has a zillion of >> them, so targeted reading and discovery are the strategy everyone >> already uses to find them anyway, which means adding a new one does >> not increase the complexity of Emacs in a problematic way IMHO.) > >What would you suggest instead? ? I wasn't suggesting that we should take another course. I was agreeing with the original proposal, and offering more support for it by refuting one possible objection. Best regards, -Karl