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Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer ne
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Jean Louis |
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Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed |
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Wed, 4 Jan 2023 11:43:41 +0300 |
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* Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> [2023-01-03 18:35]:
> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >>>>>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 03:38:53 -0400 (EDT), stefankangas@gmail.com
> >>>>>> (Stefan Kangas) said:
> > Stefan> * src/fns.c (Fyes_or_no_p): Doc fix to reflect that a
> > trailing space
> > Stefan> is no longer needed; one is added or removed automatically.
> >
> > I just tested this on master, and I donʼt think this is qute accurate:
>
> Hmm, I guess you're right. Not sure what I was smoking:
>
> > - `y-or-n-p' will append a space if there is one
> > - it wonʼt remove one
>
> (y-or-n-p "foo") => prompt is "foo (y or n) "
> (y-or-n-p "foo ") => prompt is "foo (y or n) "
>
> > - `yes-or-no-p' never modifies the passed prompt
>
> (yes-or-no-p "foo") => prompt is "foo(yes or no) "
> (yes-or-no-p "foo ") => prompt is "foo (yes or no) "
>
> I think the best fix here is to change `yes-or-no-p' to work the same
> way as `y-or-n-p'.
At least one space shall be there, but please don't remove trailing
spaces, as that is users' choice, so that following unusual example
may work:
(y-or-n-p " Are you sure? ")
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- Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Robert Pluim, 2023/01/03
- Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Stefan Kangas, 2023/01/03
- Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Robert Pluim, 2023/01/03
- Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed,
Jean Louis <=
- Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Robert Pluim, 2023/01/04
- RE: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Drew Adams, 2023/01/04
- Re: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Robert Pluim, 2023/01/04
- RE: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Drew Adams, 2023/01/04
- Re: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Robert Pluim, 2023/01/04
- Re: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/01/04