GNU bug report logs - #77917
31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all warning levels

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Message #85 received at 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, prot <at> protesilaos.com,
 juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#77917: 31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all
 warning levels
Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 20:26:46 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>  77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, prot <at> protesilaos.com
> Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 16:43:17 +0000
> 
> Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:
> 
> >> -                (insert (buttonize (icon-string 'warnings-suppress)
> >> -                                   #'warnings-suppress type)
> >> +                (insert (buttonize "[Suppress?]"
> >> +                                   #'warnings-suppress
> >> +                                   type
> >> +                                   "Click to suppress this warning type")
> >
> > The current icon at the beginning of the line helps
> > to direct user's attention to the warning.
> 
> Then, what about
> 
> +                (insert (buttonize (concat (icon-string 'warnings-suppress) " [Suppress?]")
> +                                   #'warnings-suppress
> +                                   type
> +                                   "Click to suppress this warning type")

May I suggest to look at how other applications handle such
situations, i.e. when a message is shown and the user is given a
capability of disabling it?  Maybe that way we will find
implementation ideas that are both familiar to users and look nicer?

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