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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr@f2s.com>
Cc: "Jason A. Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>,
	4980@debbugs.gnu.org, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#4980: 23.1.50; In File > Quit GUI, add "Cancel", write "Save", and simplify
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:55:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dalj9f5.fsf_-_@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B06142D.40203@f2s.com> (Jason Rumney's message of "Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:41 +0800")

Jason Rumney <jasonr@f2s.com> writes:

>> Not sure. This is for experienced users also. Fast ways are useful,
>> but maybe not when using dialog boxes.
>>   
>
> Personally I only see a need for a dialog with 3 buttons. "Close
> without saving" "Save All" and "Cancel"
>
> Anything more complicated and the user can Cancel, resolve the
> situation and attempt to exit again.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

Good idea.  Now done in Emacs 29.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-01-27 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-19 23:05 bug#4980: 23.1.50; In File > Quit GUI, add "Cancel", write "Save", and simplify Jason A. Spiro
2009-11-19 23:38 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-20  3:59   ` Jason Rumney
2009-11-20  4:31     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-27 18:55     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-01-27 19:56       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-27 20:07         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-27 21:27         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-28  7:06           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-28 13:52             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2009-11-20  9:31 ` Juri Linkov
2009-11-20  9:55 ` Jan Djärv

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