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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>,
	 "sbaugh@catern.com" <sbaugh@catern.com>,
	 "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Turning on savehist-mode by default
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:05:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86cyw6wb27.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB54888AC4E6589E2033B2FE50F3B6A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:01:28 +0000")

> FWIW, `savehist.el' is a general way to save variable
> values, not just a way to save values of minibuffer
> history variables.  It's often recommended (including
> by me) as a way to persist any variables you like.

Please don't forget there is also `desktop.el'
that is a superset of `savehist.el'

> Why isn't it written with that foremost in mind, i.e.,
> as a general variable-persisting feature?

A general variable-persisting feature already exists:
`define-multisession-variable'.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-11-19  7:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-18 14:54 Turning on savehist-mode by default sbaugh
2023-11-18 16:33 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-11-18 18:19   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-11-18 21:06     ` Drew Adams
2023-11-18 21:42       ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-11-18 23:01         ` Drew Adams
2023-11-19  6:02           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19  6:56             ` Drew Adams
2023-11-19  7:05           ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2023-11-19  7:32             ` Yuri Khan
2023-11-19  8:26               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19  9:06                 ` Yuri Khan
2023-11-19  9:24                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19 15:09                   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-20  9:53                 ` Manuel Giraud via Emacs development discussions.
2023-11-20 12:23                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-20 13:15                     ` Manuel Giraud via Emacs development discussions.
2023-11-20 14:05                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-23 15:57                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-23 16:31                           ` Manuel Giraud via Emacs development discussions.
2023-11-20 16:57                     ` Drew Adams
2023-11-20 18:34                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-20 18:54                         ` Drew Adams
2023-11-20 19:16                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19 16:42               ` Drew Adams
2023-11-19 16:42             ` Drew Adams
2023-11-19 16:27         ` Visuwesh
2023-11-19 17:33           ` sbaugh
2023-11-19  6:59 ` Po Lu
2023-11-19  7:10   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19  7:27     ` Po Lu
2023-11-19  8:23       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19 14:08   ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-19 14:38     ` Po Lu
2023-11-19 14:43       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-20  0:11         ` Po Lu
2023-11-19 15:17       ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-20  0:09         ` Po Lu
2023-11-20  3:15           ` sbaugh
2023-11-20  3:40             ` Po Lu
2023-11-20 14:32               ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-20  5:55         ` [OT] Not clobbering bash history brickviking
2023-11-20 17:50           ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-22  3:01           ` [OT] " Richard Stallman
2023-11-22  3:32             ` Arsen Arsenović
2023-11-25  2:58               ` Richard Stallman
2023-11-26 10:20                 ` Arsen Arsenović
2023-12-04  3:10                   ` Richard Stallman
2023-12-04 13:05                     ` Arsen Arsenović
2023-12-08  3:54                       ` Richard Stallman
2023-12-16 18:56   ` Turning on savehist-mode by default Stefan Kangas
2023-11-20  3:08 ` Richard Stallman
2023-11-20  3:16   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-28 11:04 ` Thanos Apollo
2023-11-28 14:11   ` Thanos Apollo
2023-11-28 14:38   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-28 21:07     ` Adam Porter
2023-11-28 21:46       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-29 12:31       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-01  1:50 ` Björn Bidar
2023-12-16 19:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-16 19:40   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-16 22:57     ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-16 23:57       ` Po Lu
2023-12-17  5:42         ` Adam Porter
2023-12-17  7:49           ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-17 11:09             ` Adam Porter
2023-12-22 10:45               ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-22 11:48                 ` Visuwesh
2023-12-22 11:52                 ` Adam Porter
2023-12-22 14:22                   ` Yuri Khan
2023-12-17 12:02             ` Adam Porter
2023-12-17  8:12           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 11:19             ` Adam Porter
2023-12-17 12:11               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-19  3:49                 ` Richard Stallman
2023-12-17 18:48           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-17  7:50         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 11:48           ` Po Lu
2023-12-17 12:26             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 13:31               ` Po Lu
2023-12-17 13:45                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 17:55                   ` Juergen Fenn
2023-12-17 18:09                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 19:51                       ` Juergen Fenn
2023-12-17 20:20                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 20:21                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-17 20:38                           ` Juergen Fenn
2023-12-17 20:52                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-17 21:12                               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-17 21:16                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-17 21:47                                   ` Juergen Fenn
2023-12-17 22:22                                     ` Drew Adams
2023-12-17 21:55                                   ` Drew Adams
2023-12-17 21:57                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-17 22:34                                       ` Drew Adams
2023-12-18  0:47                           ` Po Lu
2023-12-18  3:36                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17  7:40       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-17 10:03         ` tomas

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