GNU bug report logs - #4980
23.1.50; In File > Quit GUI, add "Cancel", write "Save", and simplify

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Jason A. Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:05 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 4980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> f2s.com>
Cc: "Jason A. Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>, 4980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#4980: 23.1.50; In File > Quit GUI, add "Cancel", write
 "Save", and simplify
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:55:10 +0100

Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> f2s.com> writes:

>> Not sure. This is for experienced users also. Fast ways are useful,
>> but maybe not when using dialog boxes.
>>   
>
> Personally I only see a need for a dialog with 3 buttons. "Close
> without saving" "Save All" and "Cancel"
>
> Anything more complicated and the user can Cancel, resolve the
> situation and attempt to exit again.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

Good idea.  Now done in Emacs 29.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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