Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!yetti!steve From: steve@yetti.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: auto-saving of files (good or bad) Message-ID: <217@yetti.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 14:42:48 EST Article-I.D.: yetti.217 Posted: Mon Nov 30 14:42:48 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 01:10:30 EST Distribution: na Organization: York U. Computer Science Lines: 14 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? UUCP:...!{mnetor|utzoo}!yetti!steve Bitnet: steve@yulibra :w