GNU bug report logs - #27979
tab completion for "(yes or no)?"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 01:09:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 27979 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27979 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#27979: tab completion for "(yes or no)?"
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:49:55 +0300

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 15:59:33 +0900
> Cc: 27979 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> IMO, Emacs prefers `yes-or-no-p' for dangerous actions, and it
> uses `y-or-n-p' for safe ones.  I think this is good, to protect
> beginners from lost important data; offering TAB completion would
> somehow contradict this idiom.

Agreed.
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