From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:14:37 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87wtwyn8tf.fsf@confusibombus.example.org> <87fz3kt8on.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87is8ezlen.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100142944 20940 80.91.229.6 (11 Nov 2004 03:15:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, alex@emacswiki.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 11 04:15:36 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 1CS5Qt-0000z3-00 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:15:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CS5ZN-0005jt-7S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:24:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CS5ZF-0005iN-KP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:24:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CS5ZE-0005hA-7S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:24:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CS5ZE-0005h4-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:24:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CS5QT-0007ov-Np for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:15:09 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CS5Px-000823-1e; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:14:37 -0500 Original-To: Matthew Mundell In-reply-to: <87is8ezlen.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> (message from Matthew Mundell on Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:51:12 +0000) 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:29720 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29720 > 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. We're failing to communicate. The question is whether this is a real example of wanting to use a dialog box. Do we really want type-break to use a dialog box? Does type-break now use a dialog box?