Re: Emacs not configurable enough? (was Re: bug?)

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 1990 13:20

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pastor@PRC.UNISYS.COM writes:
 > I want the ability to tell Emacs to permit me to type 'y' or 'n' in
 > response to *ANY* question

Kyle Jones writes:
 > I don't think this would be wise.
 > [ ... With typeahead you lose... ]

Tom Horsley writes:
 > The point is that no one cares if *you* think it is wise or not. It is only
 > important if the emacs user thinks it is wise. That's the whole point of
 > configurability.

I disagree.  Configurability has to take into account users'
preferences, yes, but at some point the programmer has to say
``no'' to keep the user from cutting his own throat.  There are
ways to tell Emacs to ask all questions with y-or-n-p, but they
are not easy ways, and I believe this is as it should be.

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From: kjones@talos.pm.com (Kyle Jones)
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Subject: Re: Emacs not configurable enough?    (was Re: bug?)
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Date: 24 Apr 90 13:20:52 GMT
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