GNU bug report logs - #21833
24.4; desktop-kill, which is interactive, is in kill-emacs-hook

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Arntzenius <daekharel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:09:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 28943

Found in versions 24.4, 25.2

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: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, si <at> siancu.net
Subject: bug#21833: 24.4; desktop-kill, which is interactive, is in kill-emacs-hook
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:30:41 +0100

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On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Why not decide that the sensible non-interactive behavior is to behave
> as if the answer is NO?  Can you think up a use cases where this would
> be terribly wrong?

If you have a complex setup, particularly involving frames (which are also
saved).

> FWIW, IME, whenever I see this question (interactively, of course),
> the correct answer is always NO.

In my case, the right answer is almost always YES (i.e,, I almost always
want to save the desktop).

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