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>

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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:33 +0100

On Fri 29 Oct 2010, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> 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?

allow-user-interaction ?
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