From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Mundell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:51:12 +0000 Message-ID: <87is8ezlen.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> References: <87wtwyn8tf.fsf@confusibombus.example.org> <87fz3kt8on.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100040711 9527 80.91.229.6 (9 Nov 2004 22:51:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:51:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, alex@emacswiki.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 09 23:51:45 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CReq1-0007Cp-00 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:51:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CReyR-0006ln-0o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:00:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CReyF-0006ky-Hg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:00:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CReyF-0006kG-1N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:00:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CReyE-0006k8-Te for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:00:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.158.120.143] (helo=mail.ukfsn.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CRepZ-0000Qp-9F; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0597E6D47; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:50:00 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11106-15; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:50:00 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org (dsl82-163-183-89.as15444.net [82.163.183.89]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B82E6D43; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:50:00 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org ([10.0.0.3]) by sno.mundell.ukfsn.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CRepV-0001li-00; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:51:13 +0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:29:44 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29682 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29682 Richard Stallman writes: > Type-break mode with fixed-length periods between breaks could use > such a function to prompt the user to take a break. That way if the > user returns to the machine after an extended period away, then any > prompting will, correctly, be gone. > > Would we want type-break mode to use a dialog box? The same situation would then be a case for the dialog box to time out. Using a dialog box would require an alternative for terminal display.