From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 12487-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12487: 24.2.50; Inconsistent, so confusing, confirmation msgs for `find-alternate-file'
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:29:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvehkhcspq.fsf-monnier+bug#12487@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A93B8FF25BF7461BA19515EF63E90EA4@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:30:03 -0700")
> 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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-29 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-22 17:30 bug#12487: 24.2.50; Inconsistent, so confusing, confirmation msgs for `find-alternate-file' Drew Adams
2012-09-22 23:03 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-22 23:27 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-22 23:29 ` bug#12487: 24.2.50; Inconsistent, so confusing, confirmation msgs for`find-alternate-file' Drew Adams
2012-09-23 2:52 ` bug#12487: 24.2.50; Inconsistent, so confusing, confirmation msgs for `find-alternate-file' Drew Adams
2012-10-29 13:29 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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