[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Canceling dialogues
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Canceling dialogues |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:09:03 -0400 |
>> What does "Cancel" mean, in the context of a Yes/No question? Doesn't
>> it mean the same as "No"?
>>
> Does not C-g cancel the last user command?
Not really. It stops it dead in its track, but any progress that has
already been made before the dialog will remain.
C-g cancels what the command is going to do. Often, when the command
asks a question, that is a useful option. People who write commands
know that quitting is a likely possibility whenever the command reads
input, and generally design the command to do the "real work" after it
asks the question.
- Re: Canceling dialogues, Jan Djärv, 2006/08/01
- Re: Canceling dialogues, Jan Djärv, 2006/08/01
- Re: Canceling dialogues, David Kastrup, 2006/08/01
- Re: Canceling dialogues, David Kastrup, 2006/08/01
- Re: Canceling dialogues, Lennart Borgman, 2006/08/01
- Re: Canceling dialogues, Richard Stallman, 2006/08/02
- Re: Canceling dialogues, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/08/02