From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: show more facts about auto save file
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 02:20:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m37kdk1jex.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2bsaltomj.fsf@jidanni.org>
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> writes:
> Today I was greeted with "gnus auto save file exists, read it?" or
> something [that seems to leave no trace of itself in any buffer, even
> hidden ones]. Anyway I said "y". I recommend you show more facts
> about the file we are "y"ing about, as it might be some shrapnel that
> that y is the y of death. [Some messed up 1/2 a file.]
It's usually completely safe to read it, and the contents of the file
are completely incomprehensible to a human bean, so I don't think
displaying the buffer makes much sense.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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2002-06-08 22:03 Dan Jacobson
2003-01-05 1:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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2003-01-06 5:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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2003-01-07 11:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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