GNU bug report logs - #46594
Use short answers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 46594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#46594: [External] : bug#46594: Use short answers
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:26:38 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:44:51 +0200
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>  "46594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <46594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 
> +** New variable 'use-short-answers' to use 'y-or-n-p' instead of 'yes-or-no-p'.
> +This relieves of the need to define an alias that maps one to another
> +in the init file.

is this only about y-or-n-p vs yes-or-no-p?  Or do we expect to use
this variable for other answers?  In the former case, perhaps the name
of the variable should include "yes-or-no" somewhere, since
"use-short-answers" sounds too general to hint on its use, IMO.
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