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: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:19:00 +0200 Message-ID: <85irldh3qz.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <44CE4007.6020904@student.lu.se> <44CE5BB3.7000008@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 1154380767 30238 80.91.229.2 (31 Jul 2006 21:19:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:19:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman , Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 31 23:19:25 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 1G7fAZ-0003bv-9r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:19:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G7fAY-00005n-LZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:19:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G7fAM-0008TR-FC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:19:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G7fAL-0008RR-Mk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G7fAL-0008R0-FX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G7fD5-0002Gk-Nv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:21:59 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1G7fAK-00030G-Lp; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id B28111C000B3; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:19:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Jason Rumney In-Reply-To: (Jason Rumney's message of "Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:49:26 +0100") 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:57879 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: > 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"? Depends on the question. For something like Save buffer before exiting? it is actually a third choice. For others it might be "No", but I am not sure that it might not in some cases be "Yes". -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum