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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: tomas@tuxteam.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: desktop.el: autosave?
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:10:10 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.0.99999.0712110003070.4186@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ejdu6rna.fsf@jurta.org>

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Juri Linkov wrote:

>> 1. A customizable preference, desktop-auto-save, which indicates whether
>> desktop-save-in-desktop-dir should be added to auto-save-hook or not. Is
>> the easiest way to do this to add a private function that desktop mode
>> always adds to auto-save-hook and then have that private function test
>> a boolean which is itself the customizable preference when it runs, to see
>> whether to proceed or not?
>
> No need for a separate function.  You could just change desktop-save-mode
> as follows:
>
> (define-minor-mode desktop-save-mode
>  :global t
>  :group 'desktop
>  (if desktop-save-mode
>      (if desktop-auto-save
> 	  (add-hook 'auto-save-hook 'desktop-save-in-desktop-dir))
>    (remove-hook 'auto-save-hook 'desktop-save-in-desktop-dir)))

Is that how other similar features work? If you change the desktop-auto-save 
preference while desktop-save-mode is active, it won't actually stop saving.

> But please note that I still think it would be better to use a timer. You 
> can look in savehist.el that it uses a separate non-idle timer. It seems 
> reasonable to do the same in desktop.el.

Fair enough.

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org/ | traddutore, v.t.  traditore (Anon)

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-11  0:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <alpine.DEB.0.99999.0711301407250.4037@localhost.localdomain>
2007-11-30 23:35 ` desktop.el: autosave? Richard Stallman
2007-12-01  0:35   ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-01 23:41     ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-03 22:57       ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-04  7:39         ` martin rudalics
2007-12-05  2:57           ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-05  9:02             ` martin rudalics
2007-12-05 22:28               ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-05 23:09                 ` martin rudalics
2007-12-05 23:41                   ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-06 15:12                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-06  2:11               ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-06 23:29                 ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-04 16:55         ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-06 14:58         ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-06 15:38           ` tomas
2007-12-06 15:47             ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-06 23:28               ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-06 23:44                 ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-07  0:03                   ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-07  2:48                     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-09 20:35                     ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-10  0:27                       ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-10  0:35                         ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-10  0:50                           ` Drew Adams
2007-12-10  0:59                           ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-10  1:10                             ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-10  3:03                         ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-10 22:01                           ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-10 23:55                             ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-11  0:10                               ` Reuben Thomas [this message]
2007-12-11  0:23                                 ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-11  0:42                                   ` Reuben Thomas
2013-04-10  1:36                                     ` Reuben Thomas
2013-04-10  7:05                                       ` Juri Linkov
2013-04-10 10:57                                         ` Reuben Thomas
2013-04-11  8:29                                           ` Juri Linkov
2013-04-11 11:04                                             ` Reuben Thomas
2013-04-27 20:57                                               ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-10 22:02                           ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-10 22:12                             ` Drew Adams
2007-12-10 22:16                               ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-10 23:57                                 ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-11  0:02                                   ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-11  0:23                                     ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-11  0:48                                       ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-11 19:01                                       ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-12  0:50                                         ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-12 22:53                                           ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-12 23:59                                             ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-14 10:10                                               ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-07  2:47                 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-07 17:18             ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-03 21:14     ` Reuben Thomas
2007-12-03 22:57       ` Juri Linkov
2007-12-06 14:56         ` Reuben Thomas

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