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 #62 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:52:23 +0200

> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:33 +0100
> Cc: 
> 
> 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 ? 

"User interaction" is too general, IMO.  Almost as general as the
original name, which is one of the reasons for this bug report.
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