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Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout
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Matthew Mundell |
Subject: |
Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:58:00 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>From a usability perspective I don't like these kinds of timeouts.
> They might make sense when booting your computer, but when using
> Emacs? I can't think of a use-case for y-or-n-p-with-timeout. If
> nobody brings up an interesting example, I think we should declare it
> obsolete.
Type-break mode with fixed-length periods between breaks could use
such a function to prompt the user to take a break. That way if the
user returns to the machine after an extended period away, then any
prompting will, correctly, be gone.
- y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/06
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Alex Schroeder, 2004/11/06
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Stefan, 2004/11/08
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/09
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Luc Teirlinck, 2004/11/09
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/10
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Jan D., 2004/11/11
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/12
Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout,
Matthew Mundell <=
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/09
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Matthew Mundell, 2004/11/09
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/10
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Matthew Mundell, 2004/11/12
- Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Richard Stallman, 2004/11/13
Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout, Jan D., 2004/11/06