From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize buttons that change user's custom file should ask forconfirmation Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:07:47 -0500 Message-ID: <87y8eawgpb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107134183 25969 80.91.229.6 (31 Jan 2005 01:16:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:16:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 31 02:16:16 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CvQAq-0000gM-00 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:16:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvQNS-00017O-PR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:29:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvQMk-0000Wi-Kl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:28:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvQMd-0000Sj-Sd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:28:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvQMd-0000Rk-OA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:28:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.25] (helo=tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CvQ2l-0005QE-5C; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:07:55 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.119.71]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050131010754.YRIP2026.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:07:54 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 29E70D7344; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:07:47 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:20:23 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32653 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32653 > Instead of "Erase Customizations": > 1) "Default Values" - resets to default (= installed) settings > 2) "Save" - the existing button. It would update the custom > file to use the installed settings. > Does anyone object to this change? > It seems to me that this would eliminate a > potential cause of "user error" in Custom. More than that, I think it's The Right Thing to do. (IMNSHO, there should only ever be *one* way to save changes. E.g. in `cvs' it's `cvs commit'). Stefan