From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>, 17351@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17351: Trunk emacs splats .emacs.desktop at startup
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 02:23:54 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fvitj3hx.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cmpphyi2iy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:30:13 -0400")
> As I see it, the point is that normal auto-save distinguishes automatic
> save from a manual save initiated by the user, by using separate files.
> Whereas desktop's version of auto-save removes that distinction.
> (But I'm not familiar with the details.)
It's possible to periodically update the desktop file buffer,
but not to save it, thus allowing normal auto-save to create
a #desktop# backup. But this might cause some problems, e.g.
modes that call `save-some-buffers' like `compilation-mode'
will ask whether to save the updated desktop file. Also it's
not clear how to restore the auto-saved backup copy after a crash.
OTOH, saving the desktop file buffer will create a desktop~ backup
that the user can restore when something goes wrong. This is
implemented in the latest patch that is intended for the trunk.
Meanwhile, I installed the patch that temporarily disables the
autosave in `desktop-read' into the emacs-24 branch, so people
won't lose the desktop in case of errors.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-24 23:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-26 18:04 bug#17351: Trunk emacs splats .emacs.desktop at startup Alan Mackenzie
2014-04-27 8:22 ` Juri Linkov
2014-04-27 9:15 ` Alan Mackenzie
2014-04-27 9:52 ` Juri Linkov
2014-04-27 14:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-27 22:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-22 7:05 ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-22 23:01 ` Juri Linkov
2014-06-23 0:05 ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-23 22:57 ` Juri Linkov
2014-06-24 18:30 ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-24 23:23 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2014-06-26 19:31 ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-26 23:44 ` Juri Linkov
2014-08-11 1:18 ` Glenn Morris
2014-08-12 6:52 ` Juri Linkov
2014-07-02 23:52 ` Juri Linkov
2014-07-03 2:42 ` Glenn Morris
2014-07-03 23:35 ` Juri Linkov
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