Re: save-some-buffers' prompt needs fixing

[Dan Jacobson]

Well spoken Dan, especially consider the case when one has one single
modified buffer, and hits C-x s.  One is prompted with 

Save file ~/important_file? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r or C-h)

Well, in our computer experience, mostly, when one hits RET to
questions like this, and the computer apparently accepts it and
returns to what it was doing previously, that must mean it wrote the
file... However this is just the opposite in this case.

Well at least give an indication in the prompt of which is the default
action, "[No]", and fix the other stuff below.

>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Jacobson <jidanni@kimo.FiXcomTHiS.tw> writes:

Dan> Compile mode prompts the user with:
Dan> Save file /tmp/v? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r or C-h)

Dan> However a C-h at this point reveals 10 choices, not just 7:
Dan> Type SPC or `y' to save the current buffer;
Dan> DEL or `n' to skip the current buffer;
Dan> RET or `q' to exit (skip all remaining buffers);
Dan> ! to save all remaining buffers;
Dan> ESC or `q' to exit;
Dan> ^R to display the current buffer;
Dan> or . (period) to save the current buffer and exit.

Dan> Please add to the prompt.  q is repeated; please consolidate.

Dan> "exit" is misleading.  You mean "don't write any more files, but
Dan> commence directly with the compilation command".

Dan> OK, the save-some-buffers output looks like it is speaking for the
Dan> whole M-x compile command... bad.

Dan> Therefore save-some-buffers should say "don't write any more files" at
Dan> least.

Dan> If I were speaking for the compile command, I'd say "C-g to exit".

Dan> ^R should be called C-r.

Dan> The following are not bugs, just uncomfortable:

Dan> We type C-r and see:
Dan> Type C-h for help, h for commands, q to quit.

Dan> We type C-h but this is just the main emacs help.
Dan> We type h and see:
Dan> The major mode is described first.
Dan> For minor modes, see following pages.

Dan> Fundamental mode:
Dan> Major mode not specialized for anything in particular....

Dan> only on the next page, gotten to by an uncomfortable:
Dan> Type C-x 4 b RET to restore the other window.  M-C-v to scroll the help

Dan> do we finally see we've been sent into view mode via recursive edit,
Dan> which should have been mentioned instead of only 'display current
Dan> buffer'.
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