From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: yes-or-no-p prompt conditionally broken in master? Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 22:47:05 +0300 Message-ID: <83io7q7yrq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83fv2v9y9z.fsf@gnu.org> <57355235-9af7-49fb-81b5-93182cfc9d49@default> <83a8t39x3t.fsf@gnu.org> <83zj128slp.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2s6o7qh.fsf@igel.home> <83wpw68j2n.fsf@gnu.org> <871teenysf.fsf@igel.home> <83r3me8ho3.fsf@gnu.org> <20150904133439.GB2991@acm.fritz.box> <83lhcm83vl.fsf@gnu.org> <87fv2ut5k4.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83k2s682el.fsf@gnu.org> <877fo6t4f9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441396058 3933 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2015 19:47:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, kaushal.modi@gmail.com, acm@muc.de, drew.adams@oracle.com To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 21:47:22 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXwxG-0007k3-Bb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 21:47:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34718 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXwxG-0001Kt-A0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54272) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXwx1-0001KV-OE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXwx0-0001YF-O1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:39726) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXwwv-0001Ef-L2; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NU6005003T00600@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 22:46:49 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NU600MS84A1HG80@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 22:46:49 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <877fo6t4f9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.184 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189616 Archived-At: > From: David Kastrup > Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:39:22 +0200 > Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > schwab@linux-m68k.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, > kaushal.modi@gmail.com, acm@muc.de, drew.adams@oracle.com > > >> Reliable translation into selection boxes when feeding emacs -batch from > >> a script? > > > > y-or-n-p already does TRT in that case (no dialog boxes in -batch). > > Feeding emacs -batch _from_ a script. Meaning the script supplies "yes" > and "no". That already works, AFAIK. > >> Predictable behavior when navigating Emacs by voice? > > > > I don't see the relevance, please elaborate. > > Same as above. External input translated into a source for consumption > by Emacs. Same as above. > >> Some people may prefer saying "yes" to saying "why". > > > > Likewise. > > "why" is phonetically the same as "y". Which means that it's likely > harder to generate just "y" from voice than "yes". Then it should work already.