From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12487: 24.2.50; Inconsistent, so confusing, confirmation msgs for `find-alternate-file' Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:29:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351517446 28498 80.91.229.3 (29 Oct 2012 13:30:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12487-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 29 14:30:54 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpQc-0001Oi-BL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:30:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48639 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpQU-0006k9-0u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:30:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpQL-0006gm-5w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:30:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpQK-0003P3-4t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:30:37 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55628) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpQK-0003Ox-1N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpSf-0002k3-Od for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:33:01 -0400 Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 12487 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 12487@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-Received: via spool by 12487-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D12487.135151754410490 (code D ref 12487); Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12487-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Oct 2012 13:32:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37645 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpS3-0002j9-Mk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:56741) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TSpS2-0002j0-Bh for 12487-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:32:22 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ai0FAG6Zu0/O+LET/2dsb2JhbABEsEiDSYEIghUBAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHAW6CZBEA6MzgViDBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="203062210" Original-Received: from 206-248-177-19.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.177.19]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 29 Oct 2012 09:29:55 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8ED1D661F0; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:29:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:30:03 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66189 Archived-At: > You are asked "Buffer foo is modified; save it first (yes or no)". > (There is no question mark here, BTW.) You reply "no". Then you are > asked "Kill and replace the buffer without saving it? (yes or no)". > (This time there is a question mark, as there should be.) You ponder a > minute, then reply "yes". Agreed. I simply dropped the first question. If the user wants to save first she can just abort, save, and try again. Stefan