GNU bug report logs - #3833
23.0.96; Default for desktop-buffers-not-to-save omits files

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Message #55 received at 3833 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 3833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Subject: Re: bug#3833: 23.0.96;	Default for desktop-buffers-not-to-save omits files
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:24:37 +0300

> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:48:02 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 3833 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> 
> > >> > BTW, I can't find a place in Gnus that creates buffers matching
> > >> > "^nn\\.a[0-9]+".
> > >>
> > >> I guess I was mistaken.  No idea what those buffers match.
> > >
> > > OK to remove that as well?
> > 
> > This is the original ChangeLog entry.  Ring any bells to you?
> 
> No, but we can ask Morten.
> 
> Morten, do you remember anything about why you added "^nn\\.a[0-9]+"
> to desktop-buffers-not-to-save?  Here's the log entry:
> 
> >   1994-02-04  Morten Welinder  (terra <at> tyr.diku.dk)
> > 
> >     * desktop.el (desktop-buffers-not-to-save): Add regexp for "nn"
> >     temporary files.
> > 
> > If not, it's probably historical baggage, so let's delete it.

Morten replied (in a private email) that this goes back to the "No
News" newsreader, which is now RIP.

So unless someone hollers, I will remove the "^nn\\.a[0-9]+" pattern
from desktop-buffers-not-to-save.

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