GNU bug report logs - #21612
24.5; Configuration variable to delete auto-save file when intentionally killing buffer

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Reported by: Marcus <mrok4a <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 16:37:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mrok4a <at> gmail.com, 21612 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21612: 24.5; Configuration variable to delete auto-save file when intentionally killing buffer
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:52:15 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> So I think it's okay to have such a feature, but:
>
>   . it should be OFF by default; and
>   . it should NOT by default ask the additional question

So just delete the auto-save files automatically if you have the option
switched on and you're killing an unsaved buffer?

I think this sounds too dramatic to be useful, even as an option.

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