From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: the '?' in read-multiple-choice prompt Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 09:46:07 +0000 Message-ID: <87cyyz37z4.fsf@posteo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30833"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Shynur Xie Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 03 11:46:57 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1qcjh3-0007n3-K8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 11:46:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qcjgN-0006Eb-AX; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 05:46:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qcjgL-0006EI-71 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 05:46:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qcjgI-0008B1-CG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 05:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BC88240101 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2023 11:46:08 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1693734368; bh=j+Z0CECEe5dzBhYQHpriiiQ/Bp/MzyV7cKwG3+lWekU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:From; b=pKKedsZZD5CJ46axc2ibMXlqT0KyZl1AE/eS9tQ2XoH4sGgBUGcFoqyWbBqhG8Rzz pub9yK2kJlE66UQfLnaOHSjlH72KJRHcEc929X2l/DP+t8L47WD5KW01SEy5HX16MJ Pqkt5XAyuUiTPOKulqDFg3cCvd3e3AQDTUnmveVVGu7+VdzJ4DW3Raowwv7NBGeQ0b K7g9qS8pUj2IpHbyqYPijIJgOySjA4VckwaI+oqZjrfj9WSKhjBOsCw+R4H7edylqt H6Mbc7tGhN1p/XiztbWxUtiTvi1QI+deWR8Urniy9RXOgQRHHtNAIOm8x0kowGkkHe JiD6dq9WKo1FA== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4Rdn2m1cDZz9rxF; Sun, 3 Sep 2023 11:46:08 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Shynur Xie's message of "Sun, 3 Sep 2023 08:38:26 +0000") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; keydata= mDMEZBBQQhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHJuofBrfqFh12uQu0Yi7mrl525F28eTmwUDflFNmdui0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiWBBMWCAA+FiEEDg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwMFCQHhM4AFCwkI BwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwulikAEA77hloUiSrXgFkUVJhlKBpLCHUjA0 mWZ9j9w5d08+jVwBAK6c4iGP7j+/PhbkxaEKa4V3MzIl7zJkcNNjHCXmvFcEuDgEZBBQQhIKKwYB BAGXVQEFAQEHQI5NLiLRjZy3OfSt1dhCmFyn+fN/QKELUYQetiaoe+MMAwEIB4h+BBgWCAAmFiEE Dg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwwFCQHhM4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwukm+wEA8cml4JpK NeAu65rg+auKrPOP6TP/4YWRCTIvuYDm0joBALw98AMz7/qMHvSCeU/hw9PL6u6R2EScxtpKnWof z4oM Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:145058 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Shynur Xie writes: > The function `read-multiple-choice' always display a '?' in the > prompt. E.g., > > (read-multiple-choice "prompt" '((?a "alpha"))) > ;; prompt (alpha, ?): > ^ > How can I discard it? > > Moreover, if evaluating > > (read-multiple-choice "prompt" '((?? "question"))) > ;; prompt (? question, ?): > ^ ^ > How to distinguish them? That behaviour is currently hard-coded, but it would be easy to patch: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el index bfd7434be9a..d1241a26b68 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/rmc.el @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ read-multiple-choice--short-answers tchar buf wrong-char answer) (save-window-excursion (save-excursion - (if show-help + (if (and show-help (not (eq show-help 'no))) (setq buf (rmc--show-help prompt help-string show-help choices altered-names))) (while (not tchar) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Now (read-multiple-choice "prompt" '((?a "alpha")) nil 'no) does not add a question mark, and (read-multiple-choice "prompt" '((?? "question")) nil 'no) still returns "question". --=-=-=--