GNU bug report logs - #58909
29.0.50; [WIP PATCH] Deleting the last frame of an emacsclient doesn't ask to save

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Message #23 received at 58909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58909: 29.0.50; [WIP PATCH] Deleting the last frame of an
 emacsclient doesn't ask to save
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:43:24 +0200

> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:28:23 -0700
> Cc: 58909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> > I'm uneasy with this incompatible behavior change.  I can think of
> > some legitimate use cases where "C-x 5 0" should not prompt, e.g., if
> > the user intends to keep editing the file, and no application is
> > waiting for the client to finish.  Why break such flows?
> 
> After thinking about this some more, I realized that I didn't properly 
> address this part of your message. If no application is waiting for the 
> client to finish, then the user hopefully used "--no-wait" when starting 
> emacsclient.

No, I meant that the user invoked emacsclient from the shell prompt,
for example.  As opposed to some application invoking emacsclient via
$EDITOR or similar.

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