Re: auto-save files, why?

[Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> Hrvoje> Does that matter?  I mean, if you don't do any Gnusae operation
> Hrvoje> between pressing `s' and `C-x C-c', no new stuff will get written
> Hrvoje> to the dribble buffer.
> 
> Sorry, I meant the newsrc buffer.
> 
> You see, even if that buffer is saved, as long as Gnus is alive that buffer
> is still "open" as far as Emacs is concerned.  If you quit Emacs at that
> point it will update the buffer's associated autosave file and exit.  Next
> time you start Gnus, Emacs will see the autosave file.

Are you sure?  Once you save the buffer, the autosave should be
removed.  If the buffer remains unchanged up to the point when you
press `C-x C-c', everything should work fine.

In fact, I've exited Gnus using `s' followed by `C-x C-c' many times
(for various reasons), and I've never seen the auto-save file being
generated as a result.  But then again, I am not 100% sure what
strategy Gnus uses for autosaving `.newsrc', so I may be missing
something.

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