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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 43593 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 43593 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43593: 27.1;
 `customize-set-variable': wrong prompt for Boolean value
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:26:46 +0300

> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:09:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> emacs -Q
> 
> (defcustom bar nil
>   "@@@"
>   :type 'boolean :group 'convenience)
> 
> M-x customize-set-variable bar
> Set variable: bar
> 
> The prompt for the Boolean value is this:
> 
> [boolean] Set customized value for bar to: (y or n)
> 
> Set it to WHAT?

To 'y' or to 'n'.

FWIW, I see no problem here, and would understand immediately what is
meant.  We do this kind of "translation" of boolean values a'll the
time in Customize.  Let's keep in mind that Customize is for users
that aren't Lisp programmers, so we don't want to request them to know
what Lisp boolean data looks like.
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