From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: multiple queries to delete excess backup version w/ custom Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:21:45 +0100 Message-ID: <477F5A39.1070904@gmx.at> References: <477EB51F.3050003@gmx.at> <477EBD26.5060709@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199528980 22330 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2008 10:29:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:29:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Tom Tromey Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 05 11:30:01 2008 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 1JB6Hs-00049a-LX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:29:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JB6HV-0002PX-Vr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:29:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JB6C2-00076O-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JB6C0-000740-Fx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JB6C0-00073b-6S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:52 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JB6Bz-0002Dj-U8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JB6Bz-0001j2-Mv for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JB6Bw-0002DT-JZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JB6Bw-0002DL-6n for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Jan 2008 10:23:47 -0000 Original-Received: from N932P015.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.60.111]) [62.47.60.111] by mail.gmx.net (mp053) with SMTP; 05 Jan 2008 11:23:47 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18RtOsEbrwRhNCxPxhCxl0vinu1J0GHmKUNu3hY8S XEIPCPmseMibzO User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:86134 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20506 Archived-At: > martin> Does this happen with `custom-save-all'? > > I used the mouse to click the button labelled "Save for Future Sessions". > > "C-h k" followed by a click on that button shows documentation for > widget-button-click -- not very helpful. C-h k RET with point on the > button just shows docs for Custom-newline -- also not very helpful. > > Finally I figured out that M-x describe-char followed by > middle-clicking on 'push-button', followed by left-clicking the > '[show]' text next to :action, shows: > > #[(widget &optional event) > "\300 \207" > [Custom-save] > 1] > > I found this sequence extremely obscure. It is. Personally, I experienece great difficulties reading custom and widget code. > Apparently Custom-save calls custom-save-all. > But, when I evalled (custom-save-all) by hand, it only asked once. Could you please try to edebug `Custom-save' and/or `custom-save-all' to find out why and how it's getting called repeatedly. This should get fixed for Emacs 22.2.