From: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:42:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] add -p: optionally prompt for single characters
Message-ID: <200902042042.13787.trast@student.ethz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <20090203062437.GB21367@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:46:30PM +0100, Thomas Rast wrote:
> Minor nit: the name of this variable implies that it will be used across
> all interactive commands (including any future ones). But the
> description is intimately linked with perl. Maybe structure it like
> "here is what this does in general, but here are some specific caveats".
> Something like:
> 
>   interactive.readkey::
>         In interactive programs, allow the user to provide one-letter
>         input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). Currently
>         this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of linkgit:git-add[1].
>         Note that this feature is silently disabled for Perl programs
>         (like git-add) if Term::ReadKey is not available.

Junio indicates in the corresponding pu topic that he is of the same
opinion, so I'll reroll with your help text.  (It's somewhat
inaccurate since git-add is not really a perl program, but let's not
tell the users about our implementation details.)

Meanwhile I've had regrets about reusing color.interactive.help for
errors, so I'll also reroll 4/4 with a new color .error that just
defaults to .help.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch