From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Canceling dialogues Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:55:20 +0200 Message-ID: <8564hdgfuf.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <44CE4007.6020904@student.lu.se> <44CE5BB3.7000008@student.lu.se> <44CE8E76.5050802@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1154413682 9093 80.91.229.2 (1 Aug 2006 06:28:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 06:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 01 08:28:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G7njH-0000wz-3k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:27:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G7njG-0002bp-Eq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:27:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G7nhr-0001A5-KR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G7nhq-00018z-Ev for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G7nhq-00018g-4q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:26:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G7nkf-0002IW-HQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:29:13 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1G7nhp-0002Ep-7T; Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:26:17 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 33FCE1C000B3; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:55:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-Reply-To: <44CE8E76.5050802@student.lu.se> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:12:54 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:57913 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > Jason Rumney wrote: >> Lennart Borgman writes: >> >> >>>> The menu only has YES and NO, so that's what is displayed. >>>> >>>> >>> Yes ... - I was suggesting that we should add a Cancel alternative. So >>> I do not understand what you mean. Can you explain? >>> >> >> What does "Cancel" mean, in the context of a Yes/No question? Doesn't >> it mean the same as "No"? >> > Does not C-g cancel the last user command? Not really. It stops it dead in its track, but any progress that has already been made before the dialog will remain. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum