GNU bug report logs - #73743
Better prompts for Auto-save dialog

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 73743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73743: Auto-save dialog needs extra RET
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:37:29 +0800

I'm here to let everybody know,
that for users of emacs -nw,
this bug will face them several times a day.
Why?
Because
^G^G^G^G^G^G...
is right next to
^F^F^F^F^F^F...
In other words, one slightly misplaced finger when doing
the super common action of holding down ^F to do several
forward-char's.

In fact it happened again as I was typing this message.

Anyway, please change the prompt wording

Auto-save? (y or n)
Abort (and dump core)? (y or n)

to say instead

Auto-save? (y RET or [n] RET)
Abort (and dump core)? (y RET or [n] RET)

That way users can also see that the n is optional all along in the
first place!

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