From: Stefan <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:49:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1d5yol7ka.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wtwyn8tf.fsf@confusibombus.example.org> (Alex Schroeder's message of "Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:14:52 +0100")
> From a usability perspective I don't like these kinds of timeouts.
> They might make sense when booting your computer, but when using
> Emacs? I can't think of a use-case for y-or-n-p-with-timeout. If
> nobody brings up an interesting example, I think we should declare it
> obsolete.
Agreed,
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-08 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-06 15:19 y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-06 17:24 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Jan D.
2004-11-07 18:04 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-06 18:14 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Alex Schroeder
2004-11-08 14:49 ` Stefan [this message]
2004-11-09 11:14 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-09 23:16 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Luc Teirlinck
2004-11-11 3:14 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-11 9:20 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Jan D.
2004-11-12 7:05 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-08 19:58 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Matthew Mundell
2004-11-09 21:29 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-09 22:51 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Matthew Mundell
2004-11-11 3:14 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
2004-11-12 17:04 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Matthew Mundell
2004-11-13 16:37 ` y-or-n-p-with-timeout Richard Stallman
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