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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: Re: bug#75837: [PATCH] Add autosave timer to save-place in harmony
 with savehist
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 10:01:14 -0500

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Regular timer and, I hope proper formatting, etc. I've included the bug
number in the commit log.

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll wait on this until we settle the timer discussion.
>
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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