From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [External] : Turning on savehist-mode by default Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:05:36 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <86cyw6wb27.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <87wmufm7r7.fsf@catern.com> <87edgmq601.fsf@posteo.net> <87jzqeybz8.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1875"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: Philip Kaludercic , "sbaugh@catern.com" , "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 19 08:11:23 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1r4bxi-0000MT-3k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:11:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r4bx4-0000s0-KD; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:10:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r4bwy-0000rZ-8V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:10:36 -0500 Original-Received: from relay7-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.200]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r4bwq-0007Tu-5b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:10:31 -0500 Original-Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 10B4E20002; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:10:21 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:01:28 +0000") X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.200; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay7-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:312950 Archived-At: > FWIW, `savehist.el' is a general way to save variable > values, not just a way to save values of minibuffer > history variables. It's often recommended (including > by me) as a way to persist any variables you like. Please don't forget there is also `desktop.el' that is a superset of `savehist.el' > Why isn't it written with that foremost in mind, i.e., > as a general variable-persisting feature? A general variable-persisting feature already exists: `define-multisession-variable'.