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boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:33:52 +0200

> >   Shell output buffer is used by another command; run this command in a new buffer (yes or no)?
> 
> I'd rather make the prompt short and add a "help" option
> (e.g. "yes/no/help" or "y/n/h") that will display the full
> explanation of all options with a link to their customization.

That's a wrong way to treat this kind of problems, in my experience.
People need clear description of the problem because they more often
than not are nervous to be bugged with a question to begin with; the
assumption they will want to look up some help is false.

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