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Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:21:57 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>
> Well, Eli suggested "sluggish" instead of the negatively
> connotated "hung" (which usually is used for a terminal error
> condition), but I think that is misleading. I'd suggest using
> something like "Thus, Emacs might be non-responsive at times."
> Something like that.
>
> I used:
>
> Thus, it might take a while before Emacs responds to your input.
Well, I don't like that better, but that's a matter of taste, and the
one doing the work should certainly enjoy the benefits of it.
> On the other hand. I kept the "More precisely" (in the second
> sentence) which Eli suggested removing, because without it things
> did just not seem to flow right. Because the first sentence of a
> docstring stands out on its own, it seemed no longer clear that we
> were talking about the case where the option was nil, and the
> sentence _is_ repeating what was already said in the first sentence,
> just in more (I believe necessary) detail.
But "more precisely" would imply that the first sentence was imprecise
in some manner. I'd rather recommend "In this case, Auto-Revert
Mode..." or "With this setting, Auto-Revert Mode...".
> Maybe I installed somewhat too early,
Oh nonsense. If everybody waited for unanimous applause before
installing a reworded, obviously mostly improved doc string, we'd not
get Emacs 21.4 out in 2004 anymore. Uh, I mean, uhm...
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, (continued)
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/12
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Richard Stallman, 2005/02/12
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/12
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/12
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/14
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/15
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, moheb missaghi, 2005/02/15
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Richard Stallman, 2005/02/16
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, David Kastrup, 2005/02/16
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/16
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/16
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Richard Stallman, 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Lennart Borgman, 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Jan D., 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Lennart Borgman, 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Jan D., 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/06
- Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/02/06