[PATCHv2] files.el: avoid asking whether to kill Emacs multiple times

[Michal Nazarewicz]

* lisp/files.el (save-buffers-kill-emacs): If `confirm-kill-emacs' is
set, but user has just been asked whether they really want to kill Emacs
(for example with a ‘Modified buffers exist; exit anyway?’ prompt) , do
not ask them for another confirmation.
---
 lisp/files.el | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

On Thu, Jan 29 2015, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> If `confirm-kill-emacs' is set, but user has just been asked whether
>>> they really want to kill Emacs (for example with a ‘Modified buffers
>>> exist; exit anyway?’ prompt), do not ask them for another confirmation.
>
> I agree that skipping the second confirmation would be desirable.
>
>>> However, apply this exception only if `confirm-kill-emacs' is
>>> 'yes-or-no-p or 'y-or-n-p, otherwise this change might errenously
>>> prevent some user defined function from being run.

> Is it really worth the trouble?  Comparing functions is just a bad
> idea in general, so if we can avoid it, it's preferable.

I’m happy to remove that comparison.  I just wanted to avoid situations
where we break things for someone doing something weird like:

  (setq confirm-kill-emacs
        (lambda (_) …something that really should be 
                     a kill-emacs-query-functions…))

Not having this special case makes code easier though so I can live with
a conclusion that breaking such code is worth it.

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 40a4289..5e80cb7 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -6590,35 +6590,40 @@ (defun save-buffers-kill-emacs (&optional arg)
 if any returns nil.  If `confirm-kill-emacs' is non-nil, calls it."
   (interactive "P")
   (save-some-buffers arg t)
-  (and (or (not (memq t (mapcar (function
-                                 (lambda (buf) (and (buffer-file-name buf)
-                                                    (buffer-modified-p buf))))
-                               (buffer-list))))
-          (yes-or-no-p "Modified buffers exist; exit anyway? "))
-       (or (not (fboundp 'process-list))
-          ;; process-list is not defined on MSDOS.
-          (let ((processes (process-list))
-                active)
-            (while processes
-              (and (memq (process-status (car processes)) '(run stop open 
listen))
-                   (process-query-on-exit-flag (car processes))
-                   (setq active t))
-              (setq processes (cdr processes)))
-            (or (not active)
-                (with-current-buffer-window
-                 (get-buffer-create "*Process List*") nil
-                 #'(lambda (window _value)
-                     (with-selected-window window
-                       (unwind-protect
-                           (yes-or-no-p "Active processes exist; kill them and 
exit anyway? ")
-                         (when (window-live-p window)
-                           (quit-restore-window window 'kill)))))
-                 (list-processes t)))))
-       ;; Query the user for other things, perhaps.
-       (run-hook-with-args-until-failure 'kill-emacs-query-functions)
-       (or (null confirm-kill-emacs)
-          (funcall confirm-kill-emacs "Really exit Emacs? "))
-       (kill-emacs)))
+  (let ((confirm confirm-kill-emacs))
+    (and
+     (or (not (memq t (mapcar (function
+                               (lambda (buf) (and (buffer-file-name buf)
+                                                  (buffer-modified-p buf))))
+                              (buffer-list))))
+         (progn (setq confirm nil)
+                (yes-or-no-p "Modified buffers exist; exit anyway? ")))
+     (or (not (fboundp 'process-list))
+         ;; process-list is not defined on MSDOS.
+         (let ((processes (process-list))
+               active)
+           (while processes
+             (and (memq (process-status (car processes)) '(run stop open 
listen))
+                  (process-query-on-exit-flag (car processes))
+                  (setq active t))
+             (setq processes (cdr processes)))
+           (or (not active)
+               (with-current-buffer-window
+                (get-buffer-create "*Process List*") nil
+                #'(lambda (window _value)
+                    (with-selected-window window
+                      (unwind-protect
+                          (progn
+                            (setq confirm nil)
+                            (yes-or-no-p "Active processes exist; kill them 
and exit anyway? "))
+                        (when (window-live-p window)
+                          (quit-restore-window window 'kill)))))
+                (list-processes t)))))
+     ;; Query the user for other things, perhaps.
+     (run-hook-with-args-until-failure 'kill-emacs-query-functions)
+     (or (null confirm)
+         (funcall confirm "Really exit Emacs? "))
+     (kill-emacs))))
 
 (defun save-buffers-kill-terminal (&optional arg)
   "Offer to save each buffer, then kill the current connection.
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