Re: desktop

[Lars Hansen <larsh@math.ku.dk>]

>
>
>Here's what the manual says now:
>
>      To use Desktop, you should use the Customization buffer (@pxref{Easy
>    Customization}) to set @code{desktop-enable} to a non-@code{nil} value,
>    or add these lines at the end of your @file{.emacs} file:
>
>    @example
>    (desktop-load-default)
>    (desktop-read)
>    (setq desktop-enable t)
>    @end example
>
>Are you saying that the second option is a mistake?
>  
>
Yes. The desktop module adds an anonymous function to the 
after-init-hook, this function calls desktop-read.

>Otherwise, it looks like desktop-read should set desktop-enable.
>Is there a case where people want to use desktop-read without
>setting desktop-enable?
>
Yes. desktop-enable is supposed to enable _automatic_ desktop save and 
restore. You might want to call desktop-read without the side effect of 
enabling automatic saving.

>       - Get rid of desktop-remove
>
>Why do that?
>  
>
desktop-remove is, according to the docstring, supposed to "Delete the 
Desktop file and inactivate the desktop system". If we introduce 
desktop-save as a minor mode, disabling is should be done by the mode 
function. Furthermore desktop-remove only removes the desktop file in 
desktop-dirname, not desktop files in other directories. I think it 
would be better not to delete any desktop file at all.