diff -r 8263d98ffb1c -r 86b4a9b0ddda mercurial/filemerge.py
--- a/mercurial/filemerge.py	Sun Jul 05 17:09:01 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/filemerge.py	Sun Jun 21 01:13:19 2009 +0200
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
 
     if not tool or tool == 'internal:prompt':
         tool = "internal:local"
-        if ui.prompt(_(" no tool found to merge %s\n"
+        if ui.promptchoice(_(" no tool found to merge %s\n"
                        "keep (l)ocal or take (o)ther?") % fd,
-                     (_("&Local"), _("&Other")), _("l")) != _("l"):
+                     (_("&Local"), _("&Other")), 0):
             tool = "internal:other"
     if tool == "internal:local":
         return 0
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@
 
     if not r and _toolbool(ui, tool, "checkchanged"):
         if filecmp.cmp(repo.wjoin(fd), back):
-            if ui.prompt(_(" output file %s appears unchanged\n"
+            if ui.promptchoice(_(" output file %s appears unchanged\n"
                 "was merge successful (yn)?") % fd,
-                (_("&Yes"), _("&No")), _("n")) != _("y"):
+                (_("&Yes"), _("&No")), 1):
                 r = 1
 
     if _toolbool(ui, tool, "fixeol"):