From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#30073: 27.0.50; dired-do-delete ignores customization for short answers Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:57:01 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <87bmi0f49e.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <87bmi1cryh.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87o9m1nlpl.fsf@gmail.com> <83po6g4cky.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1woti3m.fsf@gmail.com> <838td446mk.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515708068 6349 195.159.176.226 (11 Jan 2018 22:01:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:01:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" , 30073@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 11 23:01:03 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eZku5-0000hw-An for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:00:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45517 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eZkw4-0005jR-U4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:02:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34483) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eZktM-0003Oe-48 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:00:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eZktI-0003pq-5H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:00:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eZktH-0003pH-QZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:00:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eZktH-0005CZ-ID for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:00:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 30073 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 30073-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B30073.151570800219987 (code B ref 30073); Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 30073) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2018 22:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52610 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eZktG-0005C8-4y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: from sub3.mail.dreamhost.com ([69.163.253.7]:52878 helo=homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eZktE-0005BU-S8 for 30073@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:00:01 -0500 Original-Received: from homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4485D258068; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:00:00 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost.linkov.net (m91-129-109-142.cust.tele2.ee [91.129.109.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jurta@jurta.org) by homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2691125805C; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:59:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <838td446mk.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:01:23 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:142056 Archived-At: >> FWIW, I find >> >> (advice-add 'yes-or-no-p :override #'y-or-n-p) >> >> to be a slightly user-friendlier alternative to >> >> (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) >> >> as the former is at least reported by the help system. > > IMO, none of that is user-friendly as customization goes. These are > semi-kludgey hacks, which are okay for personal use, but not as > advertised customization means. YMMV, of course. Maybe we should introduce a boolean customizable variable with a name =E2=80=98minibuffer-short-answers=E2=80=99 to be used by different packag= es that currently rely on =E2=80=98yes-or-no-p=E2=80=99.