From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Confused by y-or-n-p Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:59:54 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <87lfdis3ud.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <834kkcr1eo.fsf@gnu.org> <43b24209-fa65-0e26-7cbd-f99175a7ffd8@gmx.at> <87wnx7j5is.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83im8qnyca.fsf@gnu.org> <83bleinmse.fsf@gnu.org> <56435592-d2d0-5fb6-977f-01e1931da835@gmx.at> <87k0t38g1z.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28496"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 28 10:11:06 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 1ktoYU-0007Km-Sf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:11:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45194 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktoYT-0001gm-Rp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:11:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktoTl-0003YI-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:06:16 -0500 Original-Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:45221) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktoTf-00032Z-MF; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:06:13 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 91.129.99.98 Original-Received: from mail.gandi.net (m91-129-99-98.cust.tele2.ee [91.129.99.98]) (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 523B440005; Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:06:04 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:26:00 -0500") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.194; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay2-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=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:261990 Archived-At: > > The same way we could add a function with old implementation of 'y-or-n-p', > > and depending on an option use either of them. So two new options are > > needed: to select an implementation of y-or-n-p and > > That is the right approach, but there are other places where Emacs asks > for a one-character answer and I'd like them to go back to the old > behavior also. > > Perhaps you need to do this at the level of read-char-choice. Maybe by adding to the beginning of read-char-choice: (if read-char-from-minibuffer (read-char-from-minibuffer ...) > and also an option > > to choose either to use yes-or-no-p or y-or-n-p with shorter answers. > > If someone wants that option I see no harm in providing it. > Did anyone actually ask for it, or was it proposed simply in the > search for more alternative behaviors? Many users asked for such option for easier customization instead of adding this unobvious setting to the init file: (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)