Re: Is this a buglet.. nndrafts:draft renegades

["Matt Armstrong" <matt+dated+1007576502.e9e0d8@lickey.com>]

Samuel Padgett <spadgett1@nc.rr.com> writes:

> "Matt Armstrong" <matt+dated+1007571874.3d8167@lickey.com> writes:
>
>> I think we agree.  C-x k does not delete the file from disk if it has
>> been explicitly saved -- it does get rid of any autosave file and that
>> is fine with me.
>
> C-x k should not delete the autosave file of a modified
> buffer--unless the docstring for `delete-auto-save-files' is wrong.
> Or unless I'm reading it wrong.  Does it for you?
>
> Maybe this is an Emacs bug?

Yes, looks like the documentation doesn't match the behavior.  It
says:

    Note that auto-save file will not be deleted if the buffer is
    killed when it has unsaved changes.

I hope this is a doc bug.  If this were implemented, you'd be prompted
about unsaved changes when killing a buffer, and then again about
recovering the unsaved changes every time you opened the same file
until you deleted the autosave file.  That is just annoying, and has
nothing to do with crash recovery (which is what autosave is
protecting against).

-- 
matt