From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 15:58:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Explain style of "done" messages.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~1967
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2089b41a7083075f753d603c46defc6943a3629e;p=emacs.git

Explain style of "done" messages.
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diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi
index 76cd3427eef..3d46466832b 100644
--- a/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ or @code{beep} to report errors.
 An error message should start with a capital letter but should not end
 with a period.
 
+@item
+Many commands that take a long time to execute display a message that
+says @samp{Operating...} when they start, and change it to
+@samp{Operating...done} when they finish.  Please keep the style of
+these messages uniform: @emph{no} space around the ellipsis, and
+@emph{no} period at the end.
+
 @item
 Try to avoid using recursive edits.  Instead, do what the Rmail @kbd{e}
 command does: use a new local keymap that contains one command defined