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: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, "46594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <46594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#46594: [External] : bug#46594: Use short answers
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:40:45 +0000

> from "(emacs) Yes or No Prompts":
> 
>   The second type of yes-or-no query is typically employed if giving
>   the wrong answer would have serious consequences; it thus features a
>   longer prompt ending with ‘(yes or no)’.
> 
> Now I noticed it has "if" before.

Yes.

  would have serious consequences => yes-or-no-p

But not:

  yes-or-no-p => would have serious consequences

Thx.
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