From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 16630@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16630: desktop-auto-save seems confusing
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:54:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zjm8bmpt.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24d2j4vds1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 03 Feb 2014 02:47:10 -0500")
> Why doesn't enabling desktop-save-mode at any time just turn it on?
> Why does it require the desktop file to exist beforehand?
desktop-auto-save is an noninteractive operation, so first
you need to select a directory where you want to save the desktop
using M-x desktop-save or M-x desktop-save-in-desktop-dir
that asks interactively where to save the desktop.
This allows desktop-auto-save to know the desktop file name.
If there is no other way to let desktop-auto-save know the desktop file name,
then the need to use M-x desktop-save after activating desktop-auto-save
could be mentioned in the docstring.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-03 8:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-03 7:47 bug#16630: desktop-auto-save seems confusing Glenn Morris
2014-02-03 8:54 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2014-02-04 2:47 ` Glenn Morris
2014-02-04 7:50 ` Juri Linkov
2014-02-05 5:52 ` Glenn Morris
2014-02-05 7:48 ` Juri Linkov
2014-02-07 7:45 ` Juri Linkov
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