From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19368: 25.0.50; NSM prompt is not self-explanatory enough Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:12:21 +0100 Message-ID: References: <83bnn762d6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418544802 15466 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2014 08:13:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 08:13:22 +0000 (UTC) To: 19368@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 14 09:13:16 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y04Il-0003PG-Ib for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:13:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35291 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y04Il-0007Si-3D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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([N]o, [S]ession only, [A]lways) > > Alternatively, the first letter could be underlined (assuming we can > rely on every supported terminal to be able to display underlined > characters). Yeah. But shouldn't we have a general multiple-choice library function for these (sort of) extended y-or-n-p functions? While writing the NSM function, I was looking around for one, but the only thing I found was `gnus-multiple-choice'. :-) So I had implemented this before. A call using that function here would be (gnus-multiple-choice "Continue connecting?" '((?a "always") (?s "session only") (?n "no"))) Or something. If the user types something else, you get a help buffer and stuff. Shall I make that into a general function (it needs some tweaking in the prompting department)? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no