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From: Peter Pezaris <pez@dwwc.com>
To: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
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Subject: Re: [19.15b90]: Rogue dialog box
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    Kyle> should-use-dialog-box matches should-use-dialog-box-p, a
    Kyle> function defined in 19.14.  You all know how I feel about
    Kyle> purity of essence in variable names.
    Kyle> should-use-dialog-box passes the apropos test, in that
    Kyle> reasonable apropos searches would dig it up.  So it's an
    Kyle> OK variable name as far as I'm concerned.

xemacs-should-not-display-dialog-boxes-because-I-prefer-the-mode-line-interface
also passes the apropos test.

I don't think that the 19.14 solution of redefining
should-use-dialog-box-p should be an advertised method of
customizing features, therefore the name of the function is of
little importance to the end user.  Function names and exposed
variable names have different requirements, and in this case I'd
rather be consistent with the rest of Emacs than with one poorly
named internal function.

-Pez

