From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:36:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <9499566E643B466092A98013C6826011@us.oracle.com> <3457CB74869B424BB0DB5A41C034AED7@us.oracle.com> <7908A4E9737248F79A9D74B584DAEAC9@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288342204 27166 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2010 08:50:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7291@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 29 10:50:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PBkew-0005HD-Eq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:50:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49155 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBkYM-00042s-9q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:43:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36221 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBkYH-00042W-5g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:43:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBkYF-0002Bj-Qs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:43:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBkYF-0002Bb-Og for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:43:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PBkOT-0000pE-W2; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7291 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7291-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7291.12883411303110 (code B ref 7291); Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7291) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Oct 2010 08:32:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PBkNe-0000o7-04 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:32:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PBkNa-0000nl-KG for 7291@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:32:07 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC4001C15AF5; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:36:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hase.home (ppp-93-104-142-159.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.142.159]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 736111C00329; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:36:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Yow! I'm UNEMPLOYED! In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:12:16 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:33:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41216 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > Honestly, I can't think of any way someone who has the least bit of > familiarity with Elisp can wonder "whether `non-essential'=nil or > `non-essential'=t means performing a non-essential task (whatever that > in turn might mean)". The variable is badly named. It should be using a positive form, like allow-whatever. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."