From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#62146: 26.3; Allow users to get help on y/n prompt Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 19:34:37 +0200 Message-ID: <83r0ttub4i.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13154"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 62146@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 12 18:35:13 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1pbPbF-0003Ae-1n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:35:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPb7-0002zo-Ff; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:35:05 -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 1pbPb5-0002z9-5q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPb4-0008Em-I9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPb4-0004Zh-DW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:35:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 17:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 62146 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 62146-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B62146.167864249817573 (code B ref 62146); Sun, 12 Mar 2023 17:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 62146) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2023 17:34:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33033 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPb0-0004ZN-Ih for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53948) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPay-0004ZA-JS for 62146@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:34:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPat-0008Ck-0L; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:34:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=aGgHHJhs5YhpoEOsI3lqZR/ja1hxXXCioEW4MJAs0f8=; b=XEDKGqD/meY6 DnohBzt0SX4Nx064Bq2S+8vwmM2OFTcwETckPa4RySWCLJ7us22qahBji22/a8s0sz74L5sSWn95M Y7coeUYFm+FMWa5rVn2NeHTjPPew5VL1d+uk0LZfWbH1CFVjZ2bwuvIAElWoyJ3KpSbiMqE6Y/6P2 edQXkYpLIfoSvy/huuY+EmrfFbLr7pUEx4nTQNDeU8xo/bbH9ZztKySlYYIGhhQTHMCZIxAqk8HPX Ps3BQMPvTu/vPjvP12UASVY+Kqt9J7RbMxWYKoJYW7G11oNonSPGx/mD6yeno9Rf71madePxanWLX F9MPa8mP6AvHzuefePTXgg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pbPas-0008HM-7e; Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:34:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 12 Mar 2023 16:18:52 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:257871 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 16:18:52 +0000 > > See https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/76235. > > Please consider allowing a help character, such as `?' or `C-h', to give > users more info about y/n prompting - info that might help with this > user's confusion (maybe some info such as that offered by NickD's > answer). The help info is right above the prompt. And I don't really understand what that user wanted to do, and why he tried doing that when prompted for a y/n response. > Consider, in particular, the context of hitting a key for a disabled > command (the OP's context), and seeing the Help text for dealing with > disabled commands, including a link that is impossible to access while > in the y/n read. To cancel type 'n' -- this text is right in the face of the user.