On 16/09/16 15:02, Phil Thompson wrote: > On 16 Sep 2016, at 12:38 pm, Smallcreep <smallcr...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >> Hello again, >> >> Leaving aside the emotive aspects of the word abort, I feel that the word >> "Cancel" is still more appropriate to describe the cancellation of a save >> and a resumption of editing. This is a simple change that would clarify the >> function of the button. > IMHO cancel and abort have different meanings. Cancel means to stop something > from starting to happen. Abort means stop something after it has started to > happen. > > If the dialog is asking for confirmation before starting the save then it > should be "Cancel". If the dialog stops an ongoing save then it should be > "Abort". > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > Eric mailing list > Eric@riverbankcomputing.com > https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/eric
That makes sense to me -- Regards David _______________________________________________ Eric mailing list Eric@riverbankcomputing.com https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/eric
