From: Jorge P. de Morais Neto <jorge+list@disroot.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 38993@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38993: 26.3; EBDB saves the database on Emacs exit even when told not to
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:28:23 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfqi9ix4.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zhezt8eo.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net>
Em [2020-01-07 ter 10:42:55-0800], Eric Abrahamsen escreveu:
> Jorge P. de Morais Neto <jorge+list@disroot.org> writes:
>
>> In principle I want consistency with the rest of GNU Emacs. IIRC,
>> Emacs generally does not overwrite without asking. There is the
>> auto-save functionality, but it saves to *separate* files.
>
> Yes, I think consistency is the best thing to aim for.
Good.
> FWIW, what we're talking about isn't auto-save
I know. I only mentioned Emacs auto-save as a generic example that
(IIRC) Emacs never overwrites user data without asking, regardless of
mechanism.
Oh, and in my quick testing in Spacemacs (this time I didn't start a
minimally customized instance), setting `ebdb-save-on-exit' to nil
(either with `setq' or with Customize) has no effect if EBDB is already
open. I believe it would be better to change this behavior. One reason
is that it is counter-intuitive. Another is that the user might open
EBDB, make some changes and then realize she does not want to persist
them.
> I'm glad it's useful to you! I hadn't really thought about donations,
> I suppose it makes me a tiny bit uncomfortable. But I see Github has
> a sponsorship thing, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to sign up!
Good! It would be even better if you had a more free-software-friendly
mechanism of donation. Maybe Liberapay? By the way, if you could
entirely move away from GitHub, some of us would be happier.
Regards
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-08 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-06 18:30 bug#38993: 26.3; EBDB saves the database on Emacs exit even when told not to Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2020-01-06 19:51 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-01-06 21:04 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2020-01-06 21:33 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-01-07 11:53 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2020-01-07 18:42 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-01-08 13:28 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto [this message]
2020-01-08 18:54 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-01-11 21:15 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2020-01-12 17:38 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-01-14 14:12 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2020-01-14 22:53 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-01-18 19:38 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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