From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17351: Trunk emacs splats .emacs.desktop at startup Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:05:24 -0400 Message-ID: <1ud2e177bf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20140426180427.GA2944@acm.acm> <87eh0jji5s.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20140427091555.GA3091@acm.acm> <87fvkzf6bi.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1403420776 14124 80.91.229.3 (22 Jun 2014 07:06:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 07:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , 17351@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 22 09:06:08 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybqo-00064r-Vj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:06:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47845 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybqo-0004pR-II for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51688) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybql-0004p4-4B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybqk-0008Ib-Az for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37243) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybqk-0008IV-7m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybqj-0006Ks-TE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:06:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 07:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17351 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17351-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17351.140342072824306 (code B ref 17351); Sun, 22 Jun 2014 07:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17351) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Jun 2014 07:05:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56626 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WybqC-0006Jx-43 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:05:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:35368 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WybqA-0006Jo-AJ for 17351@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:05:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wybq8-0006bX-AC; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:05:24 -0400 X-Spook: bomb Etacs UNSCOM Semtex United Nations blackjack X-Ran: K|n%.$Xl:>Z^75:>/OF0vzN|}_S?DOuD*#G%Fmh\'AZD3\a.s;CZ?^5oWtp1..mYM}4Z#[ X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 27 Apr 2014 18:13:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:90657 Archived-At: As a stopgap, how about disabling the autosave (with a warning, eg "error loading desktop; automatic save disabled until next manual save") if there were errors loading the desktop at startup? More generally, why does the autosaving actually save directly into the real desktop file? Why doesn't it use the normal autosave mechanism, ie write to a #desktop# file? Naively, it seems like this would be both simpler to implement and give better results.