From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: "consider M-x recover-file" too important to just flash Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:32:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87psxj383g.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112349348 25119 80.91.229.2 (1 Apr 2005 09:55:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:55:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 01 11:55:45 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHIrz-0006Se-J6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:55:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHJ8r-0006cN-9h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:12:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DHIrg-0006zh-Sj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 04:54:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DHIqm-0006l2-D6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 04:54:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHIqe-0006iI-6o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 04:53:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.239.1.56] (helo=mailbox4.ucsd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1DHIWw-0004VC-Sb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 04:33:31 -0500 Original-Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mailbox4.ucsd.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j319WN0G058760 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 01:33:24 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from relay1.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.67]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.50) for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org with esmtp id <1DHIVr-00086N-6b>; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:32:23 +0200 Original-Received: from curry.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.10.36]) by relay1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.50) for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org with esmtp id <1DHIVr-0008Iy-5p>; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:32:23 +0200 Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.uni-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:32:23 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 23 X-Orig-X-Trace: individual.net oURvB3ynst5/aF5Ugji8PgqrQHjTounUvbN0LufMuT++WLuSPJ User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MuPUyhlMUzGc7cR7xKRGDN3YW+k= X-Spamscanner: mailbox4.ucsd.edu (v1.5 Dec 3 2004 17:34:44, 0.3/5.0 3.0.0) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 51792 j319WN0G058760 mailbox4.ucsd.edu) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:11027 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:11027 Dan Jacobson writes: > rms> That behavior is terribly annoying--we certainly shouldn't make Emacs > rms> act that way. I agree. > Well, how shall we make sure we saw that important message? What if we > reached down to scratch our ankle during the one second or whatever we > were given to have noticed that message before it went away or was > covered up by some other message? > > No big deal if #backup_file# exists for you perhaps, but I want emacs > to make sure I am aware of it! > > You could ask the user if he wants to recover("yes") or blunder on > anyway("no"), "or hit C-g" to not open the file at all. Seems like emacs lacks some sort of more permanent status/message/echo area that is both visible (for some time maybe) and both not in the way. Hard problem to crack though... /Mathias