GNU bug report logs - #28945
25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Neidhardt <pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com>

Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 16:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Peter Neidhardt <pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 28945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:57:17 +0100

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

> How many frames and how many buffers do you typically have in a
> session?

Only one frame (I use EXWM), but dozens of buffers, typically between 10-50.

>> > If you experience any irresponsiveness everytime desktop gets saved,
>> > increase the timeout.
>> > If not, it's safe to have it around 10.
>
> This kind of advice generally belongs in the manual, not in the doc
> string, IMO.

The manual has this:

> When ‘desktop-save-mode’ is active and the desktop file exists, Emacs
> auto-saves it every ‘desktop-auto-save-timeout’ seconds, if that is
> non-‘nil’ and non-zero.

It's terribly misleading: it does not mention that it only saves when
idle while "every" is wrong here considering that it saves only once
until the window configuration gets changed.

--
Peter Neidhardt

Calm down, it's *____only* ones and zeroes.
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