From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: File > Close and File > Save Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:13:00 +0000 Message-ID: <47E6F20C.4040308@gnu.org> References: <003b01c88d37$2963c060$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206317598 7276 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2008 00:13:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:13:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'emacs-devel' To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 01:13:48 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JdaJw-0004ij-9Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:13:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdaJL-0002xV-As for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:13:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdaJH-0002xG-KA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdaJF-0002sg-3U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:13:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdaJF-0002sY-0P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:13:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mk-outboundfilter-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.32]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JdaJE-0000nk-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:13:04 -0400 Original-X-Trace: 38647545/mk-outboundfilter-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com/F2S/$ACCEPTED/freedom2Surf-customers/83.67.23.108 X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 83.67.23.108 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: jasonr@gnu.org X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: As0AADaO5kdTQxds/2dsb2JhbAAIpXY X-IP-Direction: OUT Original-Received: from i-83-67-23-108.freedom2surf.net (HELO [192.168.249.28]) ([83.67.23.108]) by smtp.f2s.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 24 Mar 2008 00:13:03 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) In-Reply-To: <003b01c88d37$2963c060$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:93273 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > `Close' is often used for a dialog box or an application, and in the File menu, > in particular, it can be confusing (`Close' vs `Exit Emacs'), if not > meaningless. > In my experience Close is used to Close files or windows within an application. Some applications will exit when the last file or window is closed, others leave a blank window and disable that menu entry. Exit is used to exit applications.