GNU bug report logs - #70589
[PATCH] Refine the Custom type of generated '*-modes' options

Previous Next

Full log

Message #35 received at 70589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
Cc: 70589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#70589: [PATCH] Refine the Custom type of generated
 '*-modes' options
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:29:39 +0300

> From: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
> Cc: 70589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:55:05 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> > Thanks, but I find the likes of "By default, enable" not clear enough.
> >> > Would it be accurate to say this instead:
> >> >
> >> >                         (const :tag "Enable in any other mode" t)
> >> >                         (const :tag "Don't enable in the other modes" nil)
> >>
> >> That could also work, but I think this wording is a bit confusing when
> >> entering the first list element (so there are no "other mode/s" yet).
> >> If you think it's nevertheless preferable, I don't object.
> >
> > Feel free to suggest a better wording, that caters also to that
> > special situation.
> 
> Hmm, how about "Enable in all (other) modes" and "Don't enable in any
> (other) mode"?

Fine with me, thanks.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.