From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>
Cc: campbell@mumble.net, 3702@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3702: Emacs fails to respect the intent in `C-u C-u C-x C-s' of making a backup
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:14:34 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837fdmc3rp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m27fdnb213.fsf@Andrews-MacBook-Pro.local> (message from Andrew Hyatt on Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:37:28 -0400)
> From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:37:28 -0400
> Cc: 3702@debbugs.gnu.org
>
>
> Sorry for the late reply on this one. This problem still exists in
> Emacs 25. I agree that the current behavior doesn't match up with the
> documentation.
>
> This probably is fixable by adding another free variable set by
> save-buffer and read in various functions, but there's a lot of those
> kind of variables already - the logic here, IMHO, could use a rewrite to
> make the interactions clear. Maybe someone familiar with this code
> might give their opinion.
It sounds like this report boils down to interpreting the single word
"unconditionally" in the doc string of save-buffer. All the rest is
actually a request for a feature that never existed in Emacs. (FWIW,
I don't object to adding such a feature, if someone submits patches to
that effect.)
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2009-06-28 18:13 bug#3702: Emacs fails to respect the intent in `C-u C-u C-x C-s' of making a backup Taylor R Campbell
2016-06-18 3:37 ` Andrew Hyatt
2016-06-18 8:14 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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2016-07-09 11:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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