Re: Horrible new unsaved buffers dialog

[Tomas Hlavaty]

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.