Re: [RFC] Indicate that Git waits for user input via editor

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>
>>> I wonder if we can do something like
>>>
>>>         git_spawn_editor()
>>>         {
>>>                 const char *EL = "\033[K"; /* Erase in Line */
>>>
>>>                 /* notice the lack of terminating LF */
>>>                 fprintf(stderr, "Launching your editor...");
>>
>> "It takes quite some time to launch this special Git Editor"
>>
>> As Lars pointed out, the editor may be launched in the background,
>> that the user would not know, but they might expect a thing to
>> pop up as a modal dialog as is always with UIs.
>>
>> So despite it being technically wrong at this point in time,
>> I would phrase it in past tense or in a way that indicates that the
>> user needs to take action already.
>>
>> The "Launching..." sounds as if I need to wait for an event to occur.
>
> Heh, I wasn't expecting phrasing nitpicks when I was trying to help
> the thread by trying to come up with a way to avoid vertical space
> wastage.

I know you weren't, but maybe it is helpful for the author of the patch
(I presume you may not be the author, after all).

But you are right, I should have started with a more fundamental
answer stating this is a good idea, and I cannot think of a negative
side effect currently.