bug#35564: [PATCH v5] Tweak dired warning about "wildcard" characters

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com>
> Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>,  35564@debbugs.gnu.org,
>   michael_heerdegen@web.de,  npostavs@gmail.com,  monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>   drew.adams@oracle.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:34:07 +0100
> 
> - in the simplest case, the UI change is minor: it turns this message:
> 
>   > Confirm--do you mean to use ‘?’ as a wildcard? (y or n)
> 
>   into this one:
> 
>   > 1 occurrence of ‘?’ will not be substituted.  Proceed? (y, n, ?) ?
> 
>   (or, with read-multiple-choice:)
> 
>   > 1 occurrence of ‘?’ will not be substituted.  Proceed? (_y_es, _n_o, 
> toggle _d_etails, _?_): 

Is this the best wording you've been able to arrive at?  It sounds
slightly confusing to me (but then I don't use this facility too
much).  The confusing part is that it talks about "substitution", and
the user might not be aware that there is any substitution going on.

Thanks.