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30.1; Could have just hit return

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 77307 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77307: 30.1; Could have just hit return
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:34:18 +0300

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com,  77307 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:51:00 +0800
> 
> EZ> RET means the default, whatever that is.
> 
> Can the default please be revealed to the user?

It isn't always explicit in the call.  Sometimes the code says
something like "unless the user types "y", treat that as "n".  In
those cases, the function that actually prompts doesn't know what is
"the default".

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