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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 50380@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50380: Hard to understand NEWS entry about 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate'
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 22:01:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnuJKza8ahmpEMaO-FyPkDPkWMNc789zphs3z2RLdY-qw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgssjh2v.fsf@mail.linkov.net>

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

> > I find it hard to understand this entry in NEWS:
> >
> > ** New value 'save-some-buffers-root' of 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate'.
> > It allows to ask about saving only files under the project root
> > or in subdirectories of the directory that was default during
> > command invocation.
> >
> > Could someone who understands it please clarify it?  In particular, it
> > would benefit from explaining something like "It allows the
> > 'save-some-buffers' command to ask ...".  Also, how is the "project
> > root" decided?  I think this one very dense sentence should be broken
> > up into two or even three sentences.
>
> There is still open bug#46374 that requires rewriting this feature anyway.

That bug is closed though, should it be re-opened?  Should this bug be
merged into that one?  (I only skimmed it very briefly.)





  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-04 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-04 18:51 bug#50380: Hard to understand NEWS entry about 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate' Stefan Kangas
2021-09-04 19:06 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-04 20:01   ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-09-05  8:05     ` Juri Linkov

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