From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13566: 24.1; Too easy to forget things with remember Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 12:14:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87vcai5xp0.fsf@sc3d.org> <764ne680tf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368548137 4228 80.91.229.3 (14 May 2013 16:15:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 16:15:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13566@debbugs.gnu.org To: Reuben Thomas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 14 18:15:36 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHt2-0006ZR-C3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 18:15:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38543 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHt1-0008SL-Nz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37322) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHsw-0008RF-V0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHsv-0003Gy-Tj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:30 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36140) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHsv-0003Gu-Qc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHtS-0000Pz-C9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 16:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13566 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13566-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13566.13685481231517 (code B ref 13566); Tue, 14 May 2013 16:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13566) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 May 2013 16:15:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40249 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHsp-0000OO-6i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:38735) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHsm-0000O6-Aj for 13566@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcHsD-00048X-Ul; Tue, 14 May 2013 12:14:45 -0400 X-Spook: unclassified Lexis-Nexis Perl-RSA PLO arrangements csim X-Ran: }4`u78E%K~Ax9deUbjh0Ayh"!?{%~_PI}Wtg/{a-|&c0rI&X(kv36},[W$j~$$;-k?Li_Z X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Reuben Thomas's message of "Tue, 14 May 2013 17:05:28 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:74249 Archived-At: Reuben Thomas wrote: > Auto-save protection would be nice, but that seems like a separate issue, > unless you're also suggesting that the prompt-on-exit for an unfinalized > remember buffer should be to save in a temporary file (which could be > confusing, especially for a user who doesn't use desktop.el or some other > session support), in which case I'm not sure it's a good idea. Maybe use write-contents-functions to make saving actually finalize. > In any case, as Sebastian has pointed out, remember is effectively > obsolescent; this sounds like it might be over-complicated for a minimal > fix. It's a shame to see existing small functionality reimplemented by a mammoth package. But if no-one cares enough to do anything about it, that's how it is I suppose.