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bug#3702: Emacs fails to respect the intent in `C-u C-u C-x C-s' of maki
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#3702: Emacs fails to respect the intent in `C-u C-u C-x C-s' of making a backup |
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Sat, 09 Jul 2016 14:19:08 +0300 |
> From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 23:22:42 -0400
>
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:37:28 -0400
> >> Cc: 3702@debbugs.gnu.org
> >>
> >>
> >> Sorry for the late reply on this one. This problem still exists in
> >> Emacs 25. I agree that the current behavior doesn't match up with the
> >> documentation.
> >>
> >> This probably is fixable by adding another free variable set by
> >> save-buffer and read in various functions, but there's a lot of those
> >> kind of variables already - the logic here, IMHO, could use a rewrite to
> >> make the interactions clear. Maybe someone familiar with this code
> >> might give their opinion.
> >
> > It sounds like this report boils down to interpreting the single word
> > "unconditionally" in the doc string of save-buffer. All the rest is
> > actually a request for a feature that never existed in Emacs. (FWIW,
> > I don't object to adding such a feature, if someone submits patches to
> > that effect.)
>
> Maybe the solution then is just to change the wording in the
> documentation? But it might take someone who is very familiar with the
> various exceptions to craft the new wording.
OK, I modified the doc string to the above effect on the emacs-25
branch, and I'm marking this bug done.
Thanks.
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