From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: xfaces.c: error: `ngcs' undeclared Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:09:42 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ekfxkb7e.fsf@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107529815 22909 80.91.229.2 (4 Feb 2005 15:10:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 04 16:10:14 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cx55j-0006Tj-Q3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:09:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cx5JG-00009C-Vt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:23:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cx5Il-0008RP-MP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cx5Ih-0008Po-P0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:23:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cx5Ih-0008Pa-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:23:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cx55c-0003VP-UK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 76246 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2005 15:09:43 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 4 Feb 2005 15:09:43 -0000 Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:25:07 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32872 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32872 Miles Bader writes: > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:58:03 +0100, Kim F. Storm wrote: >> > Does it disable auto-save mode? >> >> No. But still, some work is not always saved (e.g. if you work in a >> shell buffer, or while composing a mail message). > > Mail composition buffers are auto-saved; Gnus also checkpoints its > state whenever you exit a group. I find the main annoyance is process > state. Auto-save doesn't guarantee that everything you wrote is saved... And you process state gets lost. Also, one thing which has bitten me more than once is while debugging something with gdb -- if emacs crashes on you, your gdb session is lost -- any you may have worked for a long time to get into an interesting state in your program... > > One habit I have adopted since using starting to use the development > version of Emacs is creating scratch buffers by doing "C-x C-f > /tmp/foo" rather than just "C-x b foo", which ensures that they're > autosaved too. > > -Miles > -- > Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. > > -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk