On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 9:27 PM Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

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>   > If we want it to be easy for users to opt out of the message, but hard
>   > for admins (or other packages) to automate opting out, something like
>   > the above might make sense.
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> I think that would be good here.
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> But I think the moral warning msssage for LLM should be displayed in
> the main display area.  Users will be able to suppres it once they know
> the point; but unless/until they do, we want it to make an impression.
> So, when it is displayed, it should not be hidden in an obscure part
> of the screen like the echo area.
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> That will also make it easy to inform users HOW to suppress the message
> after having seen it.
>

The warn functionality in emacs does this already: it will pop up a buffer
with a warning.  The user can choose, by clicking on the (-) symbol to the
left, to suppress the warning, or suppress the popup.  Since the warn
functionality is built-into emacs, I prefer to use it then create a similar
functionality that is nonstandard.


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