From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fiddling with the menus Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:32:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83r5vklx9x.fsf@gnu.org> <83iqgwlvak.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249871543 14115 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2009 02:32:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xah@xahlee.org, Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 04:32:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MaKgJ-0007k4-PZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:32:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43829 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKgJ-0001nd-4V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:32:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKgE-0001nW-Em for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:32:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKg8-0001mm-1B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50145 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKg7-0001md-Rg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.251]:13924) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaKg6-0000B8-Ly; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b6so1031319ana.21 for ; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:32:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=F9eRI7Nv4NBp6obE3FHZuUNlyYFbOtSNHivpXgXwOCQ=; b=oRe645sDbptFumV1xt4K9OHwa8n8d9efadaHGUXkDRkVXWboKs7G78G8NX+ktX14Cu 0TEOLjLjy2Q2Da4ogmAufxjsx+R9d3GzUcBjlzBmmA014mssqbJkOMZMLCNInr+me80y VltcOZlQQwnhgLfpicmCdrluQZ7O2+3JijE9U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sP9i1rwU4R3NWAz9OZDfRi6JVCYCtUfCb9bihxx+K5g6EYGsKbhH0djhlbDBFtZi+L NbtpvuzwaG3Uyts1HsDgEXgR8RNt2H/lJfzxjo/V2CPD0sslWJllDSzhjXdbIfMaq5Oc 2FXpPAfiJGRt7i8KOytCiB4CGfgNjfg9u1Pjg= Original-Received: by 10.100.127.17 with SMTP id z17mr2898107anc.153.1249871522000; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:32:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113920 Archived-At: On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Stefan Monnier w= rote: >>> >> I think it would be better to ask for each option if it would be set >>> >> permanently or just temporarily. >>> > That'd be a major annoyance, I think. >>> Exactly why? >> Because I don't like to be annoyed with interactive prompts too much, >> they get in the way of fast typing. > > Obviously asking via repeated prompts would be annoying. =C2=A0But maybe > showing the list of options modified in a buffer where you can then > click "save" either for all of them, or for each individual one would > seem to make it sufficiently non-painful and a lot more clear. Maybe give the user a choice between customize-customized and customize-save-customized? (And the latter should check if there is something to save which it does not do now.)