From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 13522@debbugs.gnu.org, vincent@vinc17.net
Subject: bug#13522: 24.2; save-buffer removes edited file under some conditions
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:37:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mthsk63c.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8735jkye2q.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:21:33 +0100)
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:21:33 +0100
> Cc: 13522@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> writes:
>
> > 1. Create a file with: printf "\x80" > file
> > 2. Open the file under X Window with: emacs -Q file
> > 3. Modify the file e.g. by adding a space.
> > 4. Type C-x C-s
> > At this point, Emacs asks the user to select a coding system.
> > 5. Type C-c in the terminal to kill Emacs.
> >
> > The result is that the file "file" is no longer there!
>
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
> at the time.)
>
> This problem is still present in Emacs 29 -- the file is moved to the
> backup file before doing the prompt.
Is it "C-c to kill Emacs" as in "terminate Emacs with a fatal signal",
or is it "C-x C-c" as in "exit Emacs in an orderly fashion"?
If the former, then in general killing a program when it is in the
middle of writing files isn't guaranteed to preserve those files.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-14 13:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-22 1:47 bug#13522: 24.2; save-buffer removes edited file under some conditions Vincent Lefevre
2013-01-24 20:28 ` Glenn Morris
2013-01-25 0:02 ` Vincent Lefevre
2013-01-25 0:48 ` Glenn Morris
2013-01-25 7:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-25 8:07 ` Glenn Morris
2013-01-30 8:59 ` Glenn Morris
2013-01-30 19:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-01-31 6:36 ` Glenn Morris
2014-08-11 1:06 ` Glenn Morris
2022-03-14 11:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-03-14 13:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-03-14 13:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-03-14 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-03-14 15:20 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-03-14 17:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-03-14 17:32 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-03-15 11:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-03-15 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-03-15 14:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-03-15 15:55 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-04-30 16:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-30 16:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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