GNU bug report logs - #72389
Unfair prompts and documentation of Emergency Escape

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 03:04:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 72389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#72389: Unfair prompts and documentation of Emergency Escape
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 17:17:14 +0300
> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>,  72389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   rms <at> gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:04:33 +0800
> 
> EZ> When someone gets presented these messages, they are panicking.
> 
> So they shouldn't have to go looking around their keyboard to find the
> "n" key, when all along any other key (except "y") would work the same,
> except the 'information hoarders' won't tell them that, because "Well,
> it doesn't matter, because they won't get burnt anyway."

If you ever learn to give some respect to people who develop software
you use, instead of considering them all imbeciles or worse --
villains ("information hoarders"), then maybe, just maybe, you will
one day succeed to report real bugs or suggest useful improvements.

IOW, your whole attitude needs serious adjustment.




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