From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reuben Thomas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: desktop.el: autosave? Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:10:02 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <8763zjfe0v.fsf@jurta.org> <87mysridxt.fsf@jurta.org> <20071206153806.GA20731@www.trapp.net> <87d4tjbh0g.fsf@jurta.org> <87abon5q1f.fsf@jurta.org> <87lk835rb7.fsf@jurta.org> <878x43gy9z.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197249026 24225 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2007 01:10:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tomas@tuxteam.de, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 10 02:10:33 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J1XAG-00088J-5o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:10:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1X9y-0007We-L3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:10:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1X9v-0007WD-Dj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:10:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1X9t-0007Vt-V2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:10:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1X9t-0007Vq-Rm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:10:09 -0500 Original-Received: from pelican.sc3d.org ([216.184.201.86]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J1X9q-0002VJ-Dl; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:10:06 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=key1024; d=sc3d.org; c=nofws; q=dns; b=jBzhr6WZCtMcEr/Hf4oB9EIgv7rCEJqEnWdsxbJYy8WPsngOcWoqhOcp/zao2ukdIyZ7R8JedX8g9gcQPdQLpvy/wRgzUnZmWtaaTa7dr3JAHumGIF4Ey/MXEB+lEsXQuNbZsV2azTTpHSQIOoP+mcACBqmUw+tz8AvvKbTqBm8= Original-Received: from drom (cpc1-popl1-0-0-cust343.popl.cable.ntl.com [81.106.81.88]) by pelican.sc3d.org (pf ESMTP spamd IP-based SPAM blocker) with ASMTP (SSL) id PNU90705; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:10:05 -0500 X-X-Sender: rrt@localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <878x43gy9z.fsf@jurta.org> User-Agent: Alpine 0.99999 (DEB 796 2007-11-08) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:84941 Archived-At: On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Juri Linkov wrote: > Mine is ~700 kilobytes long with ~400 buffers and unlimited history lists. Heh. Fair enough. I should take more limits off myself. > So far I had no problems with such a large desktop: I rarely restart Emacs; > desktop reading is quite fast (a few seconds); desktop saving takes 0.2 sec. i.e. faster than me! (I am using a laptop with a slow disk, plus a fairly slow CPU, so it's not a surprise.) > In any case, there should be an option to easily switch it off. Of course. If there were a customize option, desktop-auto-save or similar, that were on by default, then it could easily be switched off too. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org/ memoir, n. a lie that flatters the author's ego and the reader's intellect