bug#23483: 24.5; cygwin emacs w32 doesn not ask to save files when windows shuts down

[Ken Brown]

On 5/13/2016 1:46 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: "Strozzi, David J." <strozzi2@llnl.gov>
> > CC: "23483-done@debbugs.gnu.org" <23483-done@debbugs.gnu.org>
> > Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 16:22:43 +0000
> >
> > Thanks for addressing this!  The usual behavior of windows programs on restart or 
> > shutdown is to ask the user to save unsaved files, rather than saving them silently.  The 
> > current patch to save automatically is better than losing data, but prompting the user I 
> > think would be the best thing.  Or even having emacs abort the shutdown and give a 
> > message like "emacs cancelled shutdown due to unsaved files."
>
> The patch doesn't save files automatically, it performs "auto-save",
> which saves the modified buffers into separate files, from which you
> can restore afterwards.
>
> FWIW, I don't see why asking the user would be better.

Agreed.  I would just add that the next time you try to edit one of the 
affected files, Emacs will warn you that there's an auto-save file and 
will suggest that you consider running M-x recover-this-file.

Ken