Re: Drafts and autosave

[Dan Christensen <jdc@chow.mat.jhu.edu>]

Colin Rafferty <colin@xemacs.org> writes:
> 1998-10-30  Jan Vroonhof  <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch>
> 
> 	* nndraft.el (nndraft-request-associate-buffer): Set the autosave
> 	file name to be the actual file name.

I don't like this idea.  The whole point of autosaves is that they
are to a different file.  If I `C-x C-s' and then delete a portion 
of a message I'm writing, I want to be able to revert-buffer back
to the saved version.  I don't want random autosaves to take away
that ability.

If this gets changed, at least make it optional.

I think the main complaint people have about the current behaviour
is that unwanted autosaves can stick around, e.g. when one does
`C-c C-k'.  Maybe in those situations Gnus could ask the user
whether he/she wants the autosave file deleted?  Or there could
be a t/nil/ask variable to control this?

Dan

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Dan Christensen
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