Subject: Re: bug#50935: minibuffer-electric-default-mode interface

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:46:56 +0300

>> > The following patch makes the prompt more readable:
>> >
>> >   Send signal to 3 processes [TERM]:
>>
>> Sounds good to me.
>
> It could be confusing.  Previously, the prompt was
>
>   Send signal [TERM]

The previous prompt was:

    Send signal [3 processes] (default TERM):

or with customized minibuffer-default-prompt-format:

    Send signal [3 processes] [TERM]:

This was too confusing.

> So it was much more clear that "TERM" refers to "signal" and vice
> versa.  Now we have "3 processes" in the way, and someone could think
> "TERM" refers to the processes or something.
>
> How about this instead:
>
>   Signal N processes with [SIGTERM]:
>
> Note that I deliberately added the "SIG" part so that it would be more
> clear this is the name of a signal.

Sorry, the phrase "Signal N processes" is too difficult to comprehend -
it's diffucult to see that "signal" is a verb here.