From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] When deleting in bookmark menu, prompt for confirmation.
Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 14:01:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmtt3yei7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=3dGa1OrPqV3ftQSRhoVn_zSPNAVY85fy3k4izJYyNdg@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sun, 9 May 2021 10:04:57 -0500")
Stefan Kangas [2021-05-09 10:04:57] wrote:
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>> Sure, we could extend the `disabled' machinery easily enough. For
>> instance, we could allow arbitrary functions, and then recommend that
>> people say
>>
>> (put 'some-command 'disabled 'y-or-n-p)
>>
>> in their Emacs files to confirm before calling? Should be pretty
>> trivial to implement.
>
> I'm wondering what the use-case is here. If there are any commands
> where something like this would be useful, shouldn't we just treat that
> as a bug and add a prompt?
>
> Or do you have any commands in mind where users might want to add a
> prompt, but we would not?
I think what this is getting at is to have a standardized way to have
and control such prompts. Whether it's done via symbol-properties,
inline code, advice-add, or younameit is "an implementation detail".
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-09 18:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-03 3:43 [PATCH] When deleting in bookmark menu, prompt for confirmation Karl Fogel
2021-05-03 9:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-03 12:48 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-05-03 13:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-04 7:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-04 16:29 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-03 11:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-03 12:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-05-03 13:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-03 15:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-05-03 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-03 17:21 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-03 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-03 18:28 ` Jim Porter
2021-05-03 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-03 19:01 ` Jim Porter
2021-05-03 20:52 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-05 5:24 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-05 8:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-05 19:37 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-05 20:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-05 21:38 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-05 23:17 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-05 23:25 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-06 6:52 ` Matthias Meulien
2021-05-06 15:29 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-08 20:46 ` Matthias Meulien
2021-05-09 8:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-09 18:37 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-09 18:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-25 5:38 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-25 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-25 20:24 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-26 11:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-26 19:33 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-07 17:42 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-07 22:24 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-08 6:13 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-06 8:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-06 13:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-07 8:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-07 12:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-05-09 9:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-09 15:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-05-09 18:01 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-05-10 8:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-07 17:40 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-05 11:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-05 21:43 ` Karl Fogel
2021-05-03 17:43 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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