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23.1; incorrect documentation for desktop-save-mode

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From: Tom Laudeman <twl8n <at> virginia.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; incorrect documentation for desktop-save-mode
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:59:49 -0400

Hi,

This web page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Saving-Emacs-Sessions.html

incompletely says: "... when Emacs starts, it looks for a saved
desktop in the current directory."

Emacs currently looks in "." and "~" for a saved desktop. I suggest
you change the text and add a note that this setting can be changed by
customizing the variable destkop-path or by adding a line to your init
file, such as:

(setq destkop-path ".")

Thanks!
Tom


In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.9)
 of 2010-05-21 on x86-02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10402000
configured using `configure  '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu'
'--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--target=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '
--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr'
'--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc'
'--datadir=/us
r/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64'
'--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var'
'--sharedstatedir=/var
/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info'
'--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg'
'--w
ith-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk'
'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu'
'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
' 'target_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2
-g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-pr
otector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  user-minor-mode: t
  cua-mode: t
  global-auto-complete-mode: t
  auto-complete-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
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<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> ESC x r e p o <tab> r t <tab> <return>

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-- 
Tom Laudeman, AIMS programmer
twl8n <at> virginia.edu
(434) 924-6732
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~twl8n/
http://laudeman.com/

Message #10 received at 6948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 6948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6948: 23.1; incorrect documentation for desktop-save-mode
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:43:48 -0400

Tom Laudeman wrote:

> Emacs currently looks in "." and "~" for a saved desktop. I suggest
> you change the text and add a note that this setting can be changed by
> customizing the variable destkop-path or by adding a line to your init
> file, such as:

Thanks. I added a mention of desktop-path to the manual, so it will
appear in the web-page the next time that gets regenerated (might not
be till the next Emacs release).

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