From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: emacs should quiz that #backups# exist by default Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 04:42:57 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k7fh1ovi.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <87el65ozpu.fsf@jidanni.org> <87u1exrpqu.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Dan Jacobson NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046649573 21634 80.91.224.249 (2 Mar 2003 23:59:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 23:59:33 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18pdMh-0005co-00 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:59:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pdMV-0006GL-09 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:59:19 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pdMK-00064K-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:59:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pdM7-0005je-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:59:00 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pdM3-0005VS-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:58:51 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18pdLe-0005aN-00 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:58:26 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18pdLd-0005aD-00 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:58:25 +0100 Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4540 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4540 >>>>> "H" == Hallvard B Furuseth writes: H> (defvar try-recover-session nil H> "If set, emacs will call recover-session at startup if no file args are given. ok, but aren't you just gambling on luck that the user didn't use any file arguments being the factor to decide if he should be informed or not that file 34b of the dam design project is in trouble... I mean during the day it is rare that I just start $ emacs for the fun of it, like I was going to play hanoi or something. Usually I have some file arguments in mind. P.S. a new emacs shouldn't quibble about another emacs' autosave file if that other emacs is still indeed alive, unless of course they try to edit the same file. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780