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28.0.91; Training wheels for query-replace

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From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 54173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54173: 28.0.91; Training wheels for query-replace
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:17:08 +0100

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On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 at 11:24, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: 54173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:51:42 +0100
>> 
>> > But since '?' produces a more detailed help, and that help text stays
>> > on display thereafter, do we really need one more variant?  Maybe the
>> > default message could be expanded instead (but not to such a long
>> > text, which would resize the mini-window in many cases)?
>> 
>> I think ‘y’ and ‘n’ are intuitive enough that they don't need a
>> reminder.  But mentioning the more uncommon ones (‘.’ and so on) without
>> talking about ‘y’ and ‘n’ is weird.
>
> How about the below?
>
>   (‘y’/‘n’, ‘.’ replace & exit, ‘^’ back up, ‘?’ help)

I find this better than the status quo.  I've attached the patch.

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> An alternative is to have C-h and F1 temporarily show a longer line
> with more commands.
>
>> One idea would be to choose between the short and long messages based on
>> the size of the miniwindow as well as the length regexp and replacement
>> text.
>
> That could also be a possibility.

Between this and your suggestion, I'm undecided what's better.  Perhaps
this is more complicated than necessary.

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