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: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com, 28945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:19:10 -0700 (PDT)

> > desktop.el says it saves status when Emacs is killed.
> > For that feature, why does it matter how long you have been editing?
> >
> > Does desktop.el now do more than that?
> 
> It does.  From the doc string:
> 
>   Once a desktop file exists, Emacs will auto-save it according
>   to the option ‘desktop-auto-save-timeout’.

Why is the default value 30 instead of just nil (OFF)?
To be compatible with past behavior the default value
would be nil, no?
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