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[PATCH] Make warnings show a "warning" emoji instead of a stop-sign

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Message #129 received at 61413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rudolf <at> adamkovic.org, rms <at> gnu.org, maurooaranda <at> gmail.com,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com, kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com, 61413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61413: [PATCH] Make warnings show a "warning" emoji instead
 of a stop-sign
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:58:51 +0300

On Mon, 2025-03-10 at 18:53 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>
> > Cc: rudolf <at> adamkovic.org, rms <at> gnu.org, maurooaranda <at> gmail.com, 
> > 	stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 61413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:02:01 +0300
> > 
> > On Sat, 2025-03-08 at 18:05 +0100, Kévin Le Gouguec wrote:
> > > Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> > > 
> > > > > > If you want me to install some patches, please post them.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for the nudge; re-attaching the patch that makes
> > > > > button.el
> > > > > preserve help-echo strings; reviewed by Mauro in two parts¹²,
> > > > > then
> > > > > squashed³.  I can install it if we think that fix is
> > > > > unambiguously good.
> > > > 
> > > > LGTM, thanks.
> > > 
> > > Just pushed, thanks for the review.
> > > 
> > > I'll defer to other participants regarding what should be done
> > > next -
> > > e.g. (a) should ⛔ be given a second chance now that it has a
> > > help-
> > > echo
> > > string, making its function more discoverable; (b) should we use
> > > another
> > > symbol; (c) should we eschew images entirely for that function &
> > > use
> > > a
> > > text button.
> > 
> > Sorry for stupid question, but… I just wanted to see how do
> > warnings
> > look now, and I figured I don't know how to produce the buffer
> > being
> > discussed 😅
> 
> Like this:
> 
>   M-: (display-warning 'warning "foo") RTE

Thanks! So, I'm looking at the buffer, and I don't see much difference
compared to how it was before, so my vote in preference of either
applying the patch (that one that started the discussion) or making the
icon a button with text instead still stands.

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