From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16630: desktop-auto-save seems confusing Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:54:22 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87zjm8bmpt.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <24d2j4vds1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391417950 1856 80.91.229.3 (3 Feb 2014 08:59:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 08:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16630@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 03 09:59:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFN7-00045A-Fk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:59:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44932 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFN7-0005uW-2k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:59:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60163) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFMy-0005uA-GL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:59:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFMs-0001gO-Gp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:59:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33340) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFMs-0001gI-EA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFMr-0002At-Ro for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:59:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 08:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16630 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16630-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16630.13914178988309 (code B ref 16630); Mon, 03 Feb 2014 08:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16630) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Feb 2014 08:58:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47359 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFM9-00029w-Fx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:58:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [69.163.184.122] (port=41884 helo=ps18281.dreamhostps.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WAFM7-00029o-78 for 16630@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.jurta.org (ps18281.dreamhostps.com [69.163.184.122]) by ps18281.dreamhostps.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2673017A07D3; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 00:58:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <24d2j4vds1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 03 Feb 2014 02:47:10 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84506 Archived-At: > Why doesn't enabling desktop-save-mode at any time just turn it on? > Why does it require the desktop file to exist beforehand? desktop-auto-save is an noninteractive operation, so first you need to select a directory where you want to save the desktop using M-x desktop-save or M-x desktop-save-in-desktop-dir that asks interactively where to save the desktop. This allows desktop-auto-save to know the desktop file name. If there is no other way to let desktop-auto-save know the desktop file name, then the need to use M-x desktop-save after activating desktop-auto-save could be mentioned in the docstring.