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bug#35564: [PATCH v5] Tweak dired warning about "wildcard" characters
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#35564: [PATCH v5] Tweak dired warning about "wildcard" characters |
Date: |
Sat, 21 Dec 2019 09:08:05 +0200 |
> From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com>
> Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, 35564@debbugs.gnu.org,
> michael_heerdegen@web.de, npostavs@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
> drew.adams@oracle.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:34:07 +0100
>
> - in the simplest case, the UI change is minor: it turns this message:
>
> > Confirm--do you mean to use ‘?’ as a wildcard? (y or n)
>
> into this one:
>
> > 1 occurrence of ‘?’ will not be substituted. Proceed? (y, n, ?) ?
>
> (or, with read-multiple-choice:)
>
> > 1 occurrence of ‘?’ will not be substituted. Proceed? (_y_es, _n_o,
> toggle _d_etails, _?_):
Is this the best wording you've been able to arrive at? It sounds
slightly confusing to me (but then I don't use this facility too
much). The confusing part is that it talks about "substitution", and
the user might not be aware that there is any substitution going on.
Thanks.