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31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all warning levels

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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, juri <at> linkov.net, 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yantar92 <at> posteo.net, prot <at> protesilaos.com
Subject: bug#77917: 31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all warning levels
Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 14:04:07 +0200

On Tue, 06 May 2025 14:29:34 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>,
>>   77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  prot <at> protesilaos.com
>> Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 09:39:56 +0200
>> 
>> >>>>> On Mon, 05 May 2025 21:53:31 +0300, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> said:
>> 
>>     >>> 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?
>> 
>>     Juri> Here is an interesting solution of using the context menu
>>     Juri> to suppress warnings:
>> 
>>     Juri> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32085708/suppress-warnings-in-visual-studio-2015-for-custom-code-analyzers
>> 
>> I conclude from that that we should use U+26A0 U+FE0F ⚠️ as the symbol
>> to insert.
>
> Really?  So we've just made another full circle back to the beginning?
> Where someone said, and I agree, that showing ⚠️ explains itself worse
> than the existing symbol, because it could be easily interpreted as
> meaning just "Warning".

What about the character "ℹ" (#x2139 INFORMATION SOURCE), perhaps with a
box face attribute, or alternatively as emoji "ℹ️"?  This sign is widely
recognized and I think even invites clicking to see what the information
is (though having an explicit button as well would avoid any
misunderstanding).

Steve Berman

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