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| From: | Andy Moreton |
| Subject: | bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written |
| Date: | Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:16:18 +0000 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (windows-nt) |
On Tue 20 Nov 2012, Daniel Colascione wrote:
> On 11/19/2012 8:59 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> Because currently w32 users get annoyed with new files appearing where
>>>> they don't want any.
>>> Only one user complained so far.
>>
>> FWIW, I'd be annoyed if I were a w32 user and had to deal with
>> emacs_backtrace.txt files appearing in directories without my saying
>> so explicitly.
>
> I agree that the behavior is bad. If we really need these emacs_backtrace.txt,
> they should go under %LOCALAPPDATA%.
Given that the backtrace does not include symbols, it seems fairly
useless to me. I'd vote for getting rid of it on all platforms.
AndyM
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