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29.0.50; [PATCH] Killing emacsclient terminal with `server-stop-automatically' doesn't prompt to save files

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Message #68 received at 51993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 51993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gregory <at> heytings.org
Subject: Re: bug#51993: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Killing emacsclient terminal with
 `server-stop-automatically' doesn't prompt to save files
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:23:34 +0300

> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:14:38 -0700
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 51993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gregory <at> heytings.org
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> I proposed a couple of behaviors that I described in as much detail as I 
> could in the hopes of avoiding confusion and coming to an agreement 
> here: 
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2021-11/msg02245.html>.
> 
> To summarize it briefly, the behavior I would personally prefer is this. 
> When deleting an emacs client by any means (e.g. 'C-x C-c', clicking the 
> X on the last frame of a client, etc):
> 
>    a) if this is not the last client, behave the same as Emacs 28: 
> prompt to save files specified when starting "emacsclient", and then 
> delete that client.
> 
>    b) if this *is* the last client, prompt the user to save everything 
> (as with 'save-buffers-kill-emacs'), and then delete the client + kill 
> the Emacs daemon.

You mean, in b), instead of just deleting the frame and leaving the
daemon run, you want to shut down Emacs in its entirety, as if the
user invoked kill-emacs?  I'm okay with that as an optional behavior,
although I myself won't use it, as it's too dangerous.

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