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From: steve@yetti.UUCP
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Subject: auto-saving of files (good or bad)
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Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 14:42:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 30 14:42:48 1987
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Our version of GnuEmacs (18.47) presently saves the auto-save file even when theuser specifically requests that he/she doesn't wish to save that file.  Thereafter, when editing the file the message "Auto save file is newer; consider M-x recover-file" will appear.  Is this what we want?  Certainly other editors, notablyEDT on VMS does not save a journal file when the user wishes to not save his present file.  The real purpose of auto-save files (it seems to me) is to recover afile after a system crash.

We've noted two area in GnuEmacs where the auto-save file remains intact even after the user decides not to save the changes...they are:

save-some-buffers
kill-buffer

There are likely others...any thoughts?

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