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

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Message #65 received at 28945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com, 28945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:13 -0400

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  > > Then I think it should save every N characters, too.

  > Maybe, but I'm not sure: the amount of typing doesn't necessarily
  > present evidence of changes to the window configuration, visiting new
  > files or killing buffers, and other changes saved by desktop.el.

Does that make a difference?  The point is to make sure that the data
gets saved every so often if you keep working and are not idle.
The precise details are not crucial.
This method would do that.


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