Re: Several seconds of delay when exiting Emacs

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> I know nothing about `saveplace.el', but looking around a 
>> little it appears that that is the library involved here.
>
> FWIW - Googling a bit shows that (a) `save-place.el' has been part of
> GNU Emacs since at least version 19, and (b) back in Emacs 21 it was
> even documented in the Emacs manual, but that mention was removed in
> Emacs 22.  I find no mention of it in the Emacs NEWS (past or
> current).

It's still in emacs 24, but its file name changed to saveplace.el.  But
strange, that is has been removed from the info docs'

  (info "(emacs)Saving Emacs Sessions")

section...

> Here is a link to an old manual node that mentions it:
> http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_465.html

Yes, instead of using that toggle function, I have

  (require 'saveplace)
  (setq-default save-place t)

in my ~/.emacs.

Bye,
Tassilo