Re: How to make a command ask "You *really* want to do this?"

[Henrik Enberg]

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:

>>>>>> "Heinz" == Heinz Rommerskirchen <Heinrich.Rommerskirchen@siemens.com> 
>>>>>> writes:
>> Years ago I copied the following from the usenet into my .emacs
>> (setq kill-emacs-query-functions
>>       (cons (lambda () (yes-or-no-p "Really kill Emacs? "))
>>          kill-emacs-query-functions))
>
> The proper way to write it nowadays is:
>
>   (add-hook 'kill-emacs-query-functions
>             (lambda () (yes-or-no-p "Really kill Emacs? ")))

Or in this particular case: 

        (setq confirm-kill-emacs 'yes-or-no-p)