From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Any way to make minibuffer questions more obvious? Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:24:42 -0700 Message-ID: References: <2B014952EB7D4AA6B8B47F83BEF26C64@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366327501 22409 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2013 23:25:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:25:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "'Steven Degutis'" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 19 01:25:04 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1USyCO-0003QE-E6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:25:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54548 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USyCN-0001Uj-OM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53520) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USyCA-0001UO-F3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:24:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USyC9-0002j8-Je for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:24:50 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:49296) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USyC9-0002ix-Cx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r3INOjkR003347 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:24:47 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3INOjvx005685 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:24:45 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt109.oracle.com (abhmt109.oracle.com [141.146.116.61]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3INOi4S006198; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:24:44 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.8) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:24:44 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Ac48gzDzn9n+pY6zQSeokuCppCUVpgABOiqA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:90244 Archived-At: > In that case, are there any built-in functions or things that > let me create a "pop up" window/frame/anything? Kinda like a > windows dialog "Are you sure" box in the sense that it sits > on top of everything else centerde in the screen, but still > responds to my keys. You can redefine or advise `y-or-n-p' to do anything you like. `x-popup-dialog', `tooltip-show'/`tooltip-hide', `display-warning', `message', `ding' with and without `visible-bell', fiddle with `ring-bell-function', open 36 yellow, red, and magenta frames that blink chartreuse fast and wobble around changing size. Whatever. (x-popup-dialog t '("Help?! " ("Yes" . 42) ("No" . 3.14159265358979)))