From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What's the problem? Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:14:47 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <4nllpt3hr3.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bad69zd43.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4noeuon378.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4ny8tsgxy6.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nhe0ggv0u.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nk75bwjaf.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nsmjv8d32.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> <87iskpbloe.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AVJ40-0001BX-00 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:20:44 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AVJ40-0004So-00 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:20:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJxl-0002K8-M5 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:18:21 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJxf-0002K3-QS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:18:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJx9-0001ld-HU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:18:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJx8-0001l0-Ub for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:17:42 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AVIyF-0003eL-Mh; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:14:47 -0500 Original-To: Miles Bader In-reply-to: <87iskl741b.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> (message from Miles Bader on 13 Dec 2003 13:08:48 +0900) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18678 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18678 * Make sure the pause is cleanly canceled if you hit ^G (I'm not really sure what it does now, but it acts very strangely if you hit ^G) Coud you debug that case? * Only pause to show the error message the first time the autosave for a particular file fails; if subsequent autosaves fail, just show the error message with no pause (however, if autosave then _succeeds_ at some point, it should presumably reset the state so that it pauses upon any failure after that) That sounds like a usable idea. Would you like to try to implement it? * maybe put a big obvious warning in the modeline for buffers where autosave failed (text, uppercase, red, blinking... :-) That would work ok for buffers that are visible, but would fail to do the job for others.