Nobuko Three wrote:
> I open a file foo.txt and then my emacs displays the message:
> 
> foo.txt has auto save data; consider M-x recover-this-file
> 
> in the echo area, but the message rarely catches my attention because I
> quickly start editing the file and that makes the message disappear before I
> notice it. 
> 
> Normally after emacs is crashed, you know you need to use M-x
> recover-session, but it could happen that you go to lunch after crash, you
> come back, you start emacs again, you forget to do recover-session and open
> foo.bar and then also miss the "foo.txt has auto save data..." message.
> 
> How do you deal with this problem?
> 
> One idea is to make emacs change its background color whenever it echoes
> such message. Even if you miss the message, you will always notice the
> changed background color which reminds you to check the *Message* buffer.
> 
> Is there a hook I can use for this idea?

Here's a start (recover-this-file-find-file-hook.el attached).

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA