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Hard to understand NEWS entry about 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate'

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 50380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50380: Hard to understand NEWS entry about 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate'
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:06:48 +0300

> I find it hard to understand this entry in NEWS:
>
> ** New value 'save-some-buffers-root' of 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate'.
> It allows to ask about saving only files under the project root
> or in subdirectories of the directory that was default during
> command invocation.
>
> Could someone who understands it please clarify it?  In particular, it
> would benefit from explaining something like "It allows the
> 'save-some-buffers' command to ask ...".  Also, how is the "project
> root" decided?  I think this one very dense sentence should be broken
> up into two or even three sentences.

There is still open bug#46374 that requires rewriting this feature anyway.

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