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bug#50935: minibuffer-electric-default-mode interface


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: bug#50935: minibuffer-electric-default-mode interface
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:46:56 +0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

>> > The following patch makes the prompt more readable:
>> >
>> >   Send signal to 3 processes [TERM]:
>>
>> Sounds good to me.
>
> It could be confusing.  Previously, the prompt was
>
>   Send signal [TERM]

The previous prompt was:

    Send signal [3 processes] (default TERM):

or with customized minibuffer-default-prompt-format:

    Send signal [3 processes] [TERM]:

This was too confusing.

> So it was much more clear that "TERM" refers to "signal" and vice
> versa.  Now we have "3 processes" in the way, and someone could think
> "TERM" refers to the processes or something.
>
> How about this instead:
>
>   Signal N processes with [SIGTERM]:
>
> Note that I deliberately added the "SIG" part so that it would be more
> clear this is the name of a signal.

Sorry, the phrase "Signal N processes" is too difficult to comprehend -
it's diffucult to see that "signal" is a verb here.





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