GNU bug report logs - #43593
27.1; `customize-set-variable': wrong prompt for Boolean value

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:13:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 43593 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43593: 27.1; `customize-set-variable': wrong prompt for Boolean value
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:22:52 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> If the prompt said something like this it would be
> clearer:
>
>  Set customized value for bar to true (y) or false (n): (y or n)
>
> It's wrong to suggest that this is about setting
> the value to `y' or `n'.

Yes, I agree that it's kinda obscure.  The proposed prompt here is a bit
long though, so I've gone with this instead in Emacs 28:

"Set customized value for bar to true: (y or n)"

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