Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!ucla-an!jmegen!retix!derrell From: derrell@retix.retix.retix.com (Derrell Lipman) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: ARGH! Ahem. Umm, answering prompts & abbreviating Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 89 17:54:36 GMT References: <17901@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> Sender: derrell@retix.retix.COM Distribution: comp Organization: Retix, Santa Monica Lines: 23 In-reply-to: rad@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU's message of 5 Feb 89 21:13:58 GMT > Well. Does anyone have something that will let me type 'y' or 'n' in > response to any prompt that asks for 'yes' or 'no'? Suffice it to say that > I am not at all agreeable with having to type 'yes' and 'no' when 'y' and > 'n' would do nicely. (I have been told that UNIX & I go well together; I > tend to agree.) try this in your .emacs file: (defun yes-or-no-p () (y-or-n-p)) -- --derrell (derrell@retix) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones. -- Machiavelli