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bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Jan 2024 13:08:35 +0200 |
> From: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <nikolay.kudryavtsev@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:37:25 +0300
>
> Hello.
>
> Ever since 29.1 there's been a regression in user prompts when closing
> Emacs with multiple modified buffers. Now user only gets 3 options:
>
> - Close without saving
>
> - Save all
>
> - Cancel
>
> In 28.2 and earlier, for every buffer, the user would get the prompt
> asking to save the file and the following options:
>
> -Yes(save the file)
>
> -No(don't)
>
> -View This Buffer
>
> -View This Buffer And Quit
>
> -View Changes in This Buffer
>
> -Save This Buffer But No More
>
> -Save All Buffers
>
> -No For All
I can only reproduce this when exiting Emacs via the menu-bar, by
clicking File->Quit. If I exit Emacs with "C-x C-c", I see in Emacs
29 the same options as in Emacs 28.
> I would argue that, while the old dialog may have been over-complicated
> in terms of user options, the new dialog is useless. The only two
> options available are the ones that a reasonable user would never use.
I disagree, FWIW. I think they are the 2 most important options.
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Nikolay Kudryavtsev, 2024/01/22
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Dmitry Gutov, 2024/01/22
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Nikolay Kudryavtsev, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Nikolay Kudryavtsev, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Stefan Kangas, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Nikolay Kudryavtsev, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Stefan Kangas, 2024/01/27
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Nikolay Kudryavtsev, 2024/01/28
- bug#68663: Unsaved buffers dialog is unhelpful, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/28