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[PATCH] Add autosave timer to save-place in harmony with savehist

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From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 75837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75837: [PATCH] Add autosave timer to save-place in harmony with savehist
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 08:15:31 -0500

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Thank you for the review. Revised patch attached.

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:26:40 -0500
> >
> > * lisp/saveplace.el (save-place-autosave-interval):
> > Add supporting functions for save-place autosave idle timer.
> >
> > I have a private implementation of this that I rely on that other people
> might find helpful as a builtin.
>
> Thanks, a few comments below.
>
> > * lisp/saveplace.el (save-place-autosave-interval):
> > Add supporting functions for save-place autosave idle timer.
>
> This log message is incomplete.  Please mention all the changes in all
> the functions/variables.
>
> > +(defcustom save-place-autosave-interval (* 5 60)
> > +  "The interval between autosaves of buffer places.
> > +If set to nil, disables timer-based autosaving.
> > +Use `setopt' or Customize commands to set this option."
> > +  :type '(choice (const :tag "Disabled" nil)
> > +                 (integer :tag "Seconds"))
> > +  :version "31.1"
>
> Why should we turn this on by default?  I think it should be disabled
> by default.
>
> Finally, this needs a NEWS entry.
>

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