From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: yes-or-no-p and dialogs Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:28:01 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11588"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.9+54 (af2080d) (2022-11-21) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Petteri Hintsanen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 27 18:36:53 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pADsi-0002on-4T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:36:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pADs5-0000ie-Ao; Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:36:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pADs3-0000hq-IL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:36:11 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pADrz-0000i4-Jv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:36:11 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.14.41]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000055EAB.0000000063AB2D08.00004C5D; Tue, 27 Dec 2022 10:36:07 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Petteri Hintsanen , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141967 Archived-At: * Petteri Hintsanen [2022-12-27 19:07]: > Is there any way to "quit" yes-or-no-p queries with MS Windows dialogs? > I mean in the same way C-g would do in the minibuffer? (setq use-dialog-box nil) ➜ t and now you can interrupt it by using C-g: (y-or-n-p "OK? ") > Then I try to close (kill) Emacs by clicking on the "X" button on the > upper right corner of the frame. > > A dialog pops up, asking whether I'd like to clock out and save. This > dialog has "Yes" or "No" buttons, but no way to cancel, as far as I can > see. I understand, that is serious usability problem. There shall be option to cancl such dialogs. On my system I can't see them, I do not know why, even though my variable: use-dialog-box ➜ nil -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/