GNU bug report logs - #13649
boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:28:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:25:01 +0200

> A command is running in the default buffer.  Use a new buffer? (yes or no)
>
> Which is a boobytrapped question, as picking "no" will always end up in failure...

Ah, to you "no" means "don't use a new buffer"?  Yes, this is too ambiguous.
A better question would be:

  A command is running in the default buffer.  Run in a new buffer? (yes or no)

77 characters long, but I have no idea how to make it shorter
without much loss of meaning.
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