GNU bug report logs - #7291
24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:29:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #53 received at 7291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 7291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:29:43 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:03:03 -0400
> Cc: 7291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > The variable is badly named.  It should be using a positive form, like
> > allow-whatever.
> 
> `allow-whatever' does strike me as being any better.
> Any other suggestion?

suppress-non-essential-prompts?
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