From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize buttons that change user's custom fileshouldaskforconfirmation Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:54:38 -0500 Message-ID: References: <00e301c509c1$9c761690$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <200502152320.j1FNKd310641@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200502172257.j1HMvJN10856@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200502181412.j1IECkj14736@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1108847526 5074 80.91.229.2 (19 Feb 2005 21:12:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, abraham@dina.kvl.dk, lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, drew.adams@oracle.com, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 19 22:12:04 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D2btM-0000Zv-UH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:11:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D2c9y-00070J-VP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:29:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D2c5X-00055z-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:24:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D2c5L-00050K-3J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:24:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D2c5J-0004tv-Jm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:24:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D2bcd-000868-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:54:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1D2bcc-0007n2-2u; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:54:38 -0500 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-reply-to: (storm@cua.dk) 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33633 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33633 My claim is that he is familiar with an interface where a page has: - N different options (N > 1) - an "Apply" button which saves and activates the changes, but keep the page open. - an "Ok", "Save" or "Finish" button which saves and activates the changes, and closes the page - a "Cancel" button which closes the page without saving or activating. - a "Reset to Defaults" button which removes all user customizations and activates some "factory" determined set of defaults. I would like to move Customize in this direction. At least the default style of Customize. I don't mind if experts can customize it and make it do something different.