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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com, rms <at> gnu.org, 28945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:10:46 +0300

> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com, 28945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >   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)?

I don't know.  But this question should have been asked when this
feature was introduced during development of Emacs 24.4.  Now it's a
fait accompli.
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