Subject: bug#72389: Unfair prompts and documentation of Emergency Escape

From: Stephen Berman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:23:17 +0200

On Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:43:04 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:

>> From: Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
>> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 18:36:57 +0800
>>
>> >> Emacs is resuming after an emergency escape.
>> >> Auto-save? (y or n)
>> Say: Auto-save? (y or n, RET)
>>
>> >> Abort (and dump core)? (y or n)
>> Say: Abort (and dump core)? (y or n, RET)
>>
>> Also say that in (info "(emacs) Emergency Escape").
>
> Any key except 'y' will do the same as 'n'.  So we have to say
>
>   Auto-save? (y or n, RET, a, b, c, d, e, f, ..., A, B, C, D, E, F,...)
>
> Right?
>
> More importantly, this text:
>
>   (y or n, RET)
>
> doesn't really say what will RET do.

Instead of asking a question, what about something like this:

  Type 'y' to auto-save.
  Type 'y' to abort (and dump core).

and perhaps adding something like "(typing any other key does nothing)"
for completeness?  Or a similar or more suitable message could be
displayed on typing any other key.

Steve Berman