GNU bug report logs - #2137
23.0.60; Saving Rmail buffer does not show the "Saving file ..." message

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Message #82 received at 2137 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org, 2137 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2137: 23.0.60; Saving Rmail buffer does not show the "Saving file ..." message
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:49:40 -0500

> An Rmail-specific binding for C-x C-s is not enough to make saving
> work correctly.  Users can save the file through C-x s also, and other
> commands too.  The common mechanism for these commands is
> `save-buffer'; whatever makes them save the right text has to work
> inside there.

save-buffer is not enough either in order to handle `autosave' (which
was the original reason for my using write-region-annotate-functions
rather than write-contents-functions).

>     The simplest fix is to simply always output the message rather than only
>     for files larger than 50KB.
> That would be easy, but not quite the most convenient behavior.

What would be the harm?


        Stefan

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