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From: | Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: | bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question |
Date: | Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:33:52 +0200 |
> > Shell output buffer is used by another command; run this command in a new > > buffer (yes or no)? > > I'd rather make the prompt short and add a "help" option > (e.g. "yes/no/help" or "y/n/h") that will display the full > explanation of all options with a link to their customization. That's a wrong way to treat this kind of problems, in my experience. People need clear description of the problem because they more often than not are nervous to be bugged with a question to begin with; the assumption they will want to look up some help is false.
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