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save-some-buffers no longer asks user about each one

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Message #11 received at 8300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
To: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#8300: save-some-buffers no longer asks user about each one
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:09:03 +0100

Deniz Dogan writes:
> 2011/3/20  <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>:
>> X-Debbugs-Cc: ding <at> gnus.org
>>
>> Gentlemen,
>>   C-x s runs the command save-some-buffers, which is an interactive
>>   compiled Lisp function in `files.el'.
>>
>>   It is bound to C-x s.
>>
>>   (save-some-buffers &optional ARG PRED)
>>
>>   Save some modified file-visiting buffers.  Asks user about each one.
>>                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> Not any more.
>> Try it.
>> You'll see "(Saved .newsrc-dribble)", even before asking.
>>
>
> You're not passing ARG are you?
>
> What version are you using? I cannot reproduce it on:

This is because Gnus now sets buffer-save-without-query for the dribble
file. This is desired behavior and hence only a documentation bug. The
doc-string for save-some-buffers should say something like

"Asking can be disabled for a buffer by setting the buffer-local
variable `buffer-save-without-query' to a non-nil value."

-David

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