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: [lennart.borgman@gmail.com: Re: map-y-or-n does not use minibuffer-prompt face] Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:11:50 +0100 Message-ID: <858xejmy89.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172589138 8831 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2007 15:12:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 27 16:12:09 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HM3zs-0000fU-FS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:12:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HM3zr-0003xu-U3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:12:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HM3zf-0003xF-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HM3zd-0003vf-Bs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HM3zd-0003vc-5d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-12.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.52]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HM3zc-0007WH-RA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-13-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-13-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.30]) by mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333FE245312; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:11:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (mail-in-01.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.41]) by mail-in-13-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE181B8E6F; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:11:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-055-100.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.55.100]) by mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C075A19B322; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:11:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 5D1841D17415; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:11:50 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue\, 27 Feb 2007 07\:05\:52 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:66923 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> > So, should we use it for y-or-n-p and map-y-or-n and query-replace, >> > or not? >> >> I think so because there is no other way to show that Emacs is asking >> some sort of question. > > Those are blocking questions. You can't do anything but answer them. Of course you can, particularly with focus-follows-mouse or even mouse-autoselect-window. And if you do so, you retain a dormant and unhappy pending minibuffer. > Sooner or later, you will notice the question. By which time it might no longer apply... -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum