From: "Matúš Goljer" <matus.goljer@gmail.com>
To: 18633@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18633: 24.3; `customize-save-customized' should be handled as a transaction
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:18:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8761fyd2hz.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
If `customize-save-customized' is issued (through M-x or any other way,
such as C-x C-s in customize buffer), and during the run of the function
"exit" is called (e.g. using C-g), the routine writes garbage into the
`custom-set-variables' form in `custom-file'.
We should first construct the form in a temporary buffer and then write
it at once into the output file. Another (simpler) solution is to use
`atomic-change-group' from subr.el
Had I not kept the file under git, I would've lost most of my settings.
It seems like a good idea to handle a critical operation like this
atomically.
Cheers.
--
Best regards,
Matúš Goljer
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2014-10-05 14:18 Matúš Goljer [this message]
2020-12-04 11:15 ` bug#18633: 24.3; `customize-save-customized' should be handled as a transaction Lars Ingebrigtsen
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