Re: Re: rel-0-8-1; Default options are always used, even when package is loaded

Ralf Angeli <[email protected]> writes:

> * David Kastrup (2005-02-22) writes:
>
>> Ralf Angeli <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>> Oh well ... GTK uses a stop sign in their stock icons, see
>>> <URL:http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-Stock-Items.html>.
>>
>> Good think people post links.  You are probably referring to
>> #define     GTK_STOCK_DIALOG_ERROR
>> and this is
>>
>> a) a _dialog_ error indicator
>> b) a one-way street sign.
>
> Then why do I have to stop before it? (c; I just looked around in the
> net and at various places these signs are actually called "Do not
> enter" or "No entry" signs.  The "One way" signs are those that are
> located at the end of the street where you are allowed to enter.
>
>> Given the apparent cognitive capabilities of Emacs users, I don't see
>> how anything except a big blood red sign could even hope to register.
>
> Note to self: At next opportunity retaliate for snappish remark. (c;

Well, if it weren't copyrighted, we might try using the sign from
<URL:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/posters>
for GhostScript errors.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum


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