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From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
To: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	lars.schneider@autodesk.com, git@vger.kernel.org,
	gitster@pobox.com, sbeller@google.com, sunshine@sunshineco.com,
	sandals@crustytoothpaste.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] launch_editor(): indicate that Git waits for user input
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:11:44 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1512405704.15792.2.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D330CEDD-7F6B-49DB-A30E-EE0BDB80E28A@gmail.com>

On Sun, 2017-12-03 at 17:39 +0100, Lars Schneider wrote:
> > On 02 Dec 2017, at 04:45, Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Friday 01 December 2017 11:59 PM, Jeff King wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 01:52:14PM +0100, Lars Schneider wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for the review :-)
> > > 
> > > Actually, I meant to bikeshed one part but forgot. ;)
> > > > +                       fprintf(stderr, _("hint: Waiting for your editor input..."));
> > > 
> > > I found "waiting for editor input" to be a funny way of saying this. I
> > > input to the editor, the editor does not input to Git. :)
> > > Maybe "waiting for your editor finish" or something would make more
> > > sense?
> > 
> > May be the good "Launched editor. Waiting ..." message, that was used in a previous version, itself makes sense?
> 
> Perfect bikeshed topic :-)
> 

Yep :-)


> I would like to add "for your input" or "for you" to convey 
> that Git is not waiting for the machine but for the user.
> 
>     "hint: Launched editor. Waiting for your input..."
> 
> Would that work for you?
> 

Yeah, this one does look fine.

That said, FWIW I don't have strong opinions about the phrase/sentence
except that they should be readable and shouldn't get too verbose.


Thanks, 
Kaartic

  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-04 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-29 14:37 [PATCH v4 0/2] launch_editor(): indicate that Git waits for user input lars.schneider
2017-11-29 14:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] refactor "dumb" terminal determination lars.schneider
2017-11-30 20:30   ` Jeff King
2017-12-01  3:26   ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-29 14:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] launch_editor(): indicate that Git waits for user input lars.schneider
2017-11-30 20:51   ` Jeff King
2017-12-01  3:56     ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-01 12:52     ` Lars Schneider
2017-12-01 18:29       ` Jeff King
2017-12-02  3:45         ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-03 16:39           ` Lars Schneider
2017-12-04 16:41             ` Kaartic Sivaraam [this message]
2017-12-04 17:26             ` Jeff King
2017-12-04 21:31               ` Lars Schneider
2017-12-04 21:42                 ` Jeff King
2017-12-04 21:54                   ` Lars Schneider
2017-12-04 22:09                     ` Jeff King
2017-12-04 17:25           ` Jeff King
2017-12-03  5:15     ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-03 12:47       ` Lars Schneider
2017-12-04 17:32         ` Jeff King
2017-12-04 21:34           ` Lars Schneider
2017-12-04 21:40           ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-04 17:30       ` Jeff King
2017-11-29 18:35 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Thomas Adam
2017-11-30 13:55   ` Lars Schneider
2017-11-30 14:42     ` Thomas Adam
2017-11-30 15:13       ` Andreas Schwab
2017-12-01  3:41         ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-30 20:12   ` Jeff King
2017-11-30 20:51     ` Thomas Adam

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