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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs-28 6170c50: Fix regression in help-mode prompt
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:17:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmngvJSH8zUEAZ5TVQ+qRiiSqQs4mvYdYCT2j1fPrQ9Krw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <831r2fl0md.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>>     "Type one of the above keys%s: "
>>     "Type a key listed above%s: "
>
> The shorter one looks better, thanks.
>
> But what if "listed above" are not just keys, but key sequences, or
> even something else ("options" is more general)?

I guess one alternative is

    "Type an option listed above%s: "

which is just one character longer than

    "Type one of listed options%s: "

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

> Is this about the *Metahelp* buffer displayed by typing `C-h ?'?  Then I
> think it's sufficient to prompt with "Type one of the options%s: ",
> since the buffer containing the options is in plain view.

That's also good.  I don't really have a strong preference either way,
but yours has the advantage that it is even shorter than the original.



      reply	other threads:[~2021-12-14 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20211213135228.14462.36839@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <20211213135230.17FE620A0A@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2021-12-14 11:30   ` emacs-28 6170c50: Fix regression in help-mode prompt Stefan Kangas
2021-12-14 12:47     ` Colin Baxter 😺
2021-12-14 13:05       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-14 14:30         ` Colin Baxter 😺
2021-12-14 13:09     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-14 14:01       ` Stephen Berman
2021-12-14 14:28         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-14 14:40           ` Stephen Berman
2021-12-14 14:16       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-14 14:30         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-14 19:17           ` Stefan Kangas [this message]

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