From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fiddling with the menus Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:17 -0400 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=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249871276 13247 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2009 02:27:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xah@xahlee.org, Lennart Borgman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 04:27:49 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 1MaKby-0006RW-QG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:27:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43663 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKby-0000pL-8p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKbt-0000o2-Cb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKbo-0000nq-6c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39834 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaKbo-0000nm-1b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:36 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:40769) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaKbm-00081t-9Q; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:34 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqYEANshf0pFxL8W/2dsb2JhbACBUcpmhBgFhzg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,350,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="43225411" Original-Received: from 69-196-191-22.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.191.22]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 09 Aug 2009 22:27:20 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 51298B454F; Sun, 9 Aug 2009 22:27:17 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83iqgwlvak.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:02:59 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:113919 Archived-At: >> >> 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. But 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. Stefan