From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jidanni@deadspam.com: modeline doesn't divulge buffer will go bye bye] Date: 27 Jun 2002 11:33:35 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200206201435.g5KEZLF18772@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xu1nxh6o7.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200206221720.g5MHKLj16237@rum.cs.yale.edu> <877kkrw1pz.fsf@emacswiki.org> <200206231812.g5NICiS24452@aztec.santafe.edu> <87r8ixazu9.fsf@emacswiki.org> <200206241940.g5OJe8v26290@aztec.santafe.edu> <87u1nse5qr.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87bsa09x5r.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <87d6uge3q5.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87znxk8erv.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <871yav79bh.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025145546 31427 127.0.0.1 (27 Jun 2002 02:39:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 02:39:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: pot@gnu.org, alex@emacswiki.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17NPBa-0008Am-00 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 04:39:06 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17NPDy-00022v-00 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 04:41:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17NPBk-0007lG-00; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:39:16 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17NP8o-0007W1-00; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:36:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.193]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g5R2Zte20836; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:35:55 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g5R2Yjm12008; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:35:53 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g5R2Xa210771; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:34:42 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g5R2XZK12349; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:33:36 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 834A537C8; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:33:35 +0900 (JST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 22 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5227 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5227 Richard Stallman writes: > Save buffers not associated with a file before exit? (y/n) > > Simply asking a question like that, at exit time, could be a good > idea. One more question at exit won't be terribly annoying, because > exiting is infrequent and often asks several questions. The question > could say "Ask you now about saving buffers that have no files?". I > think that is clear. So how about a variable like `ask-about-saving-user-scratch-buffers', with `nil' meaning `never' (the current behavior), `ask' meaning ask the above question and if so treat them like unsaved file-buffers, and any other non-nil value meaning always treat them like unsaved file-buffers. Then we could change the default value to `ask', and people like me that never want to could set it to nil. I presume many people might generally like that behavior, in which case they could set it to `t' to avoid the unnecessary question. -Miles -- We live, as we dream -- alone....