From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com>
Cc: psainty@orcon.net.nz,
bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+psainty=orcon.net.nz@gnu.org,
31908@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31908: Save file locks in centralized location
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:34:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ems4jx1.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADB4rJH20KmDDJTca7VXnJi9V99eQayde+xW1ZQEQcqxD4SrcQ@mail.gmail.com> (Radon Rosborough's message of "Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:29:26 -0600")
Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com> writes:
>> If users had their own custom location for locks, surely the locking
>> would cease to have any significant purpose [...] The utility would
>> be reduced to preventing you from simultaneously using multiple
>> separate emacs instances to edit/write a given file.
>
> I run a single-user system; preventing concurrent edits is the only
> purpose of the locking mechanism for me. This feature would hardly
> remove "any significant purpose" from it.
If implemented, this feature would almost certainly be off by default,
so no existing users would end up being surprised.
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-21 8:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-20 4:41 bug#31908: Save file locks in centralized location Radon Rosborough
2018-06-20 6:03 ` Phil Sainty
2018-06-20 15:29 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-06-21 8:34 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2018-06-21 16:01 ` Radon Rosborough
2019-02-06 18:35 ` Mauro Mandracchia
2019-02-06 19:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-23 13:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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