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Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog
From: |
Tomas Hlavaty |
Subject: |
Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:14:44 +0100 |
On Fri 28 Jan 2022 at 21:10, Tomas Hlavaty <tom@logand.com> wrote:
> On Fri 28 Jan 2022 at 14:55, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>> Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> In this morning's master, it only shows a single "unsaved buffers"
>>> dialog, which is completely inadequate when there is more than one
>>> unsaved file. I don't understand why this change was made which turns
>>> said dialog box from a convenient feature into an eyesore.
>>
>> The old dialog box was incomprehensible and user hostile.
>
> Why does Emacs pops up native dialog at all?
>
> Even the minibuffer based version is not so convenient.
>
> Would not it be better to show a new buffer listing all the unsaved
> changes and relevant buttons in one place, not sequentially popping up
> in dialog or minibuffer?
>
> Something like:
>
> Modified buffers exist.
> [Save all buffers and quit]
> [Exit anyway]
> Save file /tmp/a?
> [Save]
> [Discard changes]
> [View]
> [View and quit]
> [View changes]
> [Save this but no more]
> Save file /tmp/b?
> [Save]
> [Discard changes]
> [View]
> [View and quit]
> [View changes]
> [Save this but no more]
> Save file /tmp/c?
> [Save]
> [Discard changes]
> [View]
> [View and quit]
> [View changes]
> [Save this but no more]
Additionally [Save this but no more] is probably redundant and could be
omitted. Also [View and quit] could be omitted. If user clicks [Save]
or [Discard changes], remove the Save file item from the buffer.
- Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Po Lu, 2022/01/27
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/01/28
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Tomas Hlavaty, 2022/01/28
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Po Lu, 2022/01/28
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/01/29
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Phil Sainty, 2022/01/29
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/01/30
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Po Lu, 2022/01/30
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Phil Sainty, 2022/01/30
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Po Lu, 2022/01/30
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/01/31
- Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog, Po Lu, 2022/01/29