From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k1znuphh.fsf@gmail.com> <8360b7ayzq.fsf@gnu.org> <87efpvulk1.fsf@gmail.com> <83376bawts.fsf@gnu.org> <871slt64v1.fsf@gmail.com> <83a80hac80.fsf@gnu.org> <83vaj47y99.fsf@gnu.org> <83k1zh6jko.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1509227422 29919 195.159.176.226 (28 Oct 2017 21:50:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:50:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: pe.neidhardt@googlemail.com, 28945@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 28 23:50:11 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e8YzU-00067U-5D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:50:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34108 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8Yzb-0003ON-D9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:50:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55185) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8YzS-0003NH-K4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8YzR-0003FK-SU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59094) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8YzR-0003Ew-Ph for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:50:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e8YzR-0008E5-JC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:50:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:50:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 28945 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 28945-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B28945.150922736731572 (code B ref 28945); Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:50:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 28945) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Oct 2017 21:49:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39542 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e8Yys-0008DA-W6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34950) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e8Yyr-0008Cx-Kg for 28945@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8Yyk-00025g-Nw for 28945@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:20 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53599) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8Yyf-0001y8-PI; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1e8Yyf-0001tI-8s; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:13 -0400 In-reply-to: <83k1zh6jko.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:12:07 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:139132 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > Then I think it should save every N characters, too. > Maybe, but I'm not sure: the amount of typing doesn't necessarily > present evidence of changes to the window configuration, visiting new > files or killing buffers, and other changes saved by desktop.el. Does that make a difference? The point is to make sure that the data gets saved every so often if you keep working and are not idle. The precise details are not crucial. This method would do that. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.