On Wed, Jul 09, 1997 at 06:04:45PM +0200, Bruno Rodeghiero wrote:

> I disagree for two reasons:
...
> make same other work when re-opening the program (to say that you want
> RESUME a previuos state... and so you would be prompted for the

The default should be to restore to where you left off - if you want
to restore some other project, then that should be done as another
(user-initiated) operation. Of course the other option is to make
"Query on close" a configurable state - if you want to be asked you
can be, if not then not. But we agree on saving everything.

> I think the normal user could more appreciate a "protected" exit (to

Well, different users want different things, but in my experience, and most
people I talk to agree, accidental closure is only 5% or less of deliberate
closure, so it makes sense to have the most often used action the automatic
one - providing the other 5% of cases do not cause loss of information.

Of course astute readers will notice that HI-TECH C *does* ask if you want
to save files on exit - that interface was designed some time ago and our
upcoming Windows interface will behave somewhat differently. That's one
reason I'm particularly interested in this topic at present.


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