Subject: Re: bug#1226: Desktop holds second Emacs session hostage; C-x C-c doesn't work properly.

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:25:14 -0400

Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> I think Lawrence Mitchell's suggestion of what should happen is right:
> first prompt "save desktop (y/n): ", and after getting a y, prompt for a
> directory to save in.

It sounds like you want the variable desktop-save to have another option:

ask-if-old    -- ask if desktop file exists, otherwise just save.

Or perhaps one of the existing ask, ask-if-exists options?