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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 09:22:20 -0500

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I need to go back and double space those sentences. My attempt to automate
didn't work. Gimme a minute.

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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