From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: "consider M-x recover-file" too important to just flash Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 02:11:01 +0800 Message-ID: <87is2l8ea2.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <87psxj383g.fsf@jidanni.org> <87zmwjqyd8.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113766429 7313 80.91.229.2 (17 Apr 2005 19:33:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:33:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 17 21:33:46 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNFWU-0003VC-RE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:33:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNFaS-0005HT-D3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:37:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DNFaG-0005BY-R3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:37:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DNFaE-0005AT-Pu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:37:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNFaE-0005AQ-Ly for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:37:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1DNFZO-0003aS-8c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:36:38 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-64-59.2-1.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.64.59]:33071 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.50 #1) id 1DNFXw-000NMb-Qm by authid with plain for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:05:09 +0530 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:11179 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:11179 "Didn't I fix paragraph 503 a few months ago? Now I have doubts about the integrity of the whole file!" The above statement would likely be made by a user who's head was turned during the vital "consider M-x recover-file" message in the minibuffer, many edits ago that fateful day. The message was probably replaced by a flyspell message or whatever by the time he turned his head back. M-x mark-my-words: one day it will bite you too. If you are not going to use a stronger method of warning than fleeting messages in the minibuffer, then well, at least you admit that you are not going to impede emacs -batch jobs whereas I would!