From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: ams@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:25:55 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1Etoyx-0007wK-J8@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601022026.k02KQQh21528@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:26:26 -0600 (CST))
How about "Show Current Settings" or "Show Current Values"?
It is longer than the current text and, to me, not clearer at all.
Actually, it would be confusing, certainly for the whole buffer
button. It makes it appear that you have to press this button to see
the current values
No, the words don't mean that, and I see no reason to think people
are particularly likely to misunderstand them in that way.
and makes you wonder what the shown values are
(defaults, saved values?).
That is good! The values shown in the buffer are NOT
in general the current values.
For the State button message, the plural
is wrong.
That is not a big deal. Anyway, we could use the singular for those
buttons.
What about "Cancel Customization", "Cancel Saved Settings",
"Erase Saved Settings", etc?
The last two would be misleading: it is not just going to cancel and
erase saved values, but edited, set and rogue values as well.
That is not a problem. It is fine if the name of an operation
describes only the most important thing it does. The name need not
describe all the lesser things the operation also does.
And "Reset to Saved" could be "Show Saved Settings" or
"Show Saved Values"?
"Reset to Saved" does exactly what it says: it resets to the saved
value. It does not just show the saved value.
I had forgotten. If this button actually sets the value,
then "reset" is a good name for it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-03 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-21 2:54 Bug, probably related to Custom Themes Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 18:31 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-21 18:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 21:12 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-21 22:58 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 5:47 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 0:20 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 4:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 4:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 18:12 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 19:38 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 20:22 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-23 23:18 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 23:21 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 1:50 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 1:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 2:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 4:11 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 16:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-02 1:49 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 2:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 4:05 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 16:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-24 17:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 21:18 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-25 19:06 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 19:38 ` Drew Adams
2005-12-26 6:22 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-26 18:43 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 20:34 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-26 18:43 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 5:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 19:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 19:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 19:59 ` David Kastrup
2005-12-21 21:19 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-21 22:19 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 3:50 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-22 3:51 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 3:57 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-22 5:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 17:51 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 0:29 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 2:36 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-24 2:49 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2005-12-24 4:19 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 4:55 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 7:04 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-25 2:52 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 23:43 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-12-25 2:51 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 3:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-02 15:03 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-02 15:38 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-02 20:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-02 22:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-03 16:25 ` Richard M. Stallman [this message]
2006-01-03 19:07 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 17:58 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 19:03 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-01-04 19:31 ` Reset buttons in Customize David Kastrup
2006-01-04 19:31 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 20:00 ` Reset buttons in Customize Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 20:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-04 20:45 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 20:51 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 21:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:20 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 21:20 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:28 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 21:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-05 1:50 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 20:25 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:27 ` Reset buttons in Customize Chong Yidong
2006-01-05 0:32 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:39 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Drew Adams
2006-01-05 16:35 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-05 1:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-05 15:50 ` Reset buttons in Customize David Kastrup
2006-01-05 23:10 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-06 5:51 ` Reset buttons in Customize Bill Wohler
2006-01-07 21:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-08 3:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-08 4:01 ` Bill Wohler
2006-01-08 4:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-08 10:19 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-09 11:24 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-01-08 4:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-09 0:52 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-09 4:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 2:02 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 4:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 5:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 0:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-11 1:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 3:27 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-11 4:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 15:18 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-12 2:56 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-12 18:24 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-12 15:11 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-12 23:12 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 5:23 ` Bill Wohler
2006-01-10 17:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 18:23 ` Bill Wohler
2006-01-10 22:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 13:56 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-02 20:42 ` Bug, probably related to Custom Themes Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-05 1:31 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 5:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
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