Recover file hints at startup

Recover file hints at startup

[Richard Lewis]

Hi there,

I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
for me to hit return.

This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.

Any ideas how I can fix this?
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Re: Recover file hints at startup

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
> this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
> org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
> daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
> unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
> for me to hit return.
>
> This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
> controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
> process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.
>
> Any ideas how I can fix this?
the fancy one is dont do this :).

Re: Recover file hints at startup

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Glauber Alex Dias Prado
<smade4@gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
>> this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
>> org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
>> daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
>> unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
>> for me to hit return.
>>
>> This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
>> controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
>> process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.
>>
>> Any ideas how I can fix this?
> the fancy one is dont do this :).


A less glamorous answer is perhaps "send a bug report". With a fix or
without a fix.

Re: Recover file hints at startup

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Glauber Alex Dias Prado
> <smade4@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
>>> this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
>>> org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
>>> daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
>>> unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
>>> for me to hit return.
>>>
>>> This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
>>> controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
>>> process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.
>>>
>>> Any ideas how I can fix this?
>> the fancy one is dont do this :).
>
>
> A less glamorous answer is perhaps "send a bug report". With a fix or
> without a fix.
i said that cause i like to see emacs starting up and dont think it is a
good idea to start it automatically at background, so dont do this,
sorry for missing the explanation.

Re: Recover file hints at startup

[Richard Lewis]

At Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:06:49 -0200,
Glauber Alex Dias Prado wrote:
> 
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Glauber Alex Dias Prado
> > <smade4@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
> >>
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
> >>> this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
> >>> org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
> >>> daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
> >>> unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
> >>> for me to hit return.
> >>>
> >>> This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
> >>> controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
> >>> process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas how I can fix this?
> >> the fancy one is dont do this :).
> >
> >
> > A less glamorous answer is perhaps "send a bug report". With a fix or
> > without a fix.
> i said that cause i like to see emacs starting up and dont think it is a
> good idea to start it automatically at background, so dont do this,
> sorry for missing the explanation.
> 
Yes, I guessed that was what you were thinking. Doesn't mean that I
shouldn't want to be able to do it, though.
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Re: Recover file hints at startup

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:

> At Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:06:49 -0200,
> Glauber Alex Dias Prado wrote:
>> 
>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Glauber Alex Dias Prado
>> > <smade4@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi there,
>> >>>
>> >>> I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
>> >>> this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
>> >>> org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
>> >>> daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
>> >>> unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
>> >>> for me to hit return.
okay, you can redefine de function after-find-file on your .emacs and
comment out the line containing (file-newer-than-file-p ...) on its
definition at files.el

>> >>>
>> >>> This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
>> >>> controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
>> >>> process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.
>> >>>
>> >>> Any ideas how I can fix this?
>> >> the fancy one is dont do this :).
>> >
>> >
>> > A less glamorous answer is perhaps "send a bug report". With a fix or
>> > without a fix.
>> i said that cause i like to see emacs starting up and dont think it is a
>> good idea to start it automatically at background, so dont do this,
>> sorry for missing the explanation.
>> 
> Yes, I guessed that was what you were thinking. Doesn't mean that I
> shouldn't want to be able to do it, though.
surely

Re: Recover file hints at startup

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com> writes:

> Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
>
>> At Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:06:49 -0200,
>> Glauber Alex Dias Prado wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>> 
>>> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Glauber Alex Dias Prado
>>> > <smade4@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hi there,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I run Emacs 23 in daemon mode and occasionally it crashes. Sometimes
>>> >>> this means that autosave files (#...#) are left lying around for my
>>> >>> org-mode files. This causes a problem when restarting the Emacs
>>> >>> daemon: when starting org-mode it prompts that such-and-such.org has
>>> >>> unsaved changes, consider using M-x recover-this-file and then waits
>>> >>> for me to hit return.
> okay, you can redefine de function after-find-file on your .emacs and
> comment out the line containing (file-newer-than-file-p ...) on its
> definition at files.el
>
thinking more about, you could then re-redefine it to its default trough a
hook with delay at after-init-hook, ugly but would work for your needs i
think.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This is fine, except when my Emacs daemon is starting without a
>>> >>> controlling terminal (e.g. when it starts as part of my login
>>> >>> process). It ends up waiting indefinitely for keyboard input.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Any ideas how I can fix this?
>>> >> the fancy one is dont do this :).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > A less glamorous answer is perhaps "send a bug report". With a fix or
>>> > without a fix.
>>> i said that cause i like to see emacs starting up and dont think it is a
>>> good idea to start it automatically at background, so dont do this,
>>> sorry for missing the explanation.
>>> 
>> Yes, I guessed that was what you were thinking. Doesn't mean that I
>> shouldn't want to be able to do it, though.
> surely