From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: compilation-ask-about-kill Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:54:36 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87bph3urnm.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87d41n58yw.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <873a2gdtpm.fsf@blah.blah> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263059774 11731 80.91.229.12 (9 Jan 2010 17:56:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 17:56:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 09 18:56:07 2010 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 1NTfXi-0004NI-P4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:56:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52327 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfXj-0000oc-7d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:56:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfXc-0000m5-3N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:56:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfXX-0000bo-GS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:55:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52381 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTfXX-0000bT-Ac for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:55:55 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out4.starman.ee ([85.253.0.6]:43967 helo=mx2.starman.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTfXU-0007ru-Sk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:55:54 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.53.145.cable.starman.ee [82.131.53.145]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BE33F419C; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:55:43 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: <873a2gdtpm.fsf@blah.blah> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:09:57 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:119765 Archived-At: > A related thing I've found a bit silly is that the yes-or-no-p insists > on you answering yes or no to "kill compile?" if the compile finishes > while you're thinking about the question. When the question becomes meaningless, the correct answer is "mu" :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(negative) -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/