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bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist |
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Sat, 19 Sep 2020 10:29:58 -0700 (PDT) |
> > No, `write-region' should not, itself, make a backup file.
>
> No, but there should perhaps be a global mechanism for modes to decide
> whether the data it writes should have backup files, and these modes
> should then call a wrapper around `write-region' that does this stuff.
>
> And it should be user-customisable, if it exists.
Huh? This is about a particular context (mode, if
you like). In _this particular context_ the proper
behavior is to use `write-file'. There's zero reason
to use `write-region' in this context. And to fix
this context in this regard there's zero reason to
propose some far-reaching, general change to
`write-region'.
`write-region' is simply the wrong function to use
in this context. Trying to generalize this for all
contexts is a different solution (in search of a
problem).
The subject of this bug report is:
"`bookmark-write-file': use `write-file', not
`write-region' , to get backups"
To be clear, if this isn't clear already: This
doesn't affect me or my code, personally, because
I fixed this long ago in Bookmark+. I'm just
trying to help vanilla Emacs DTRT.
There's a real bug here, which I can attest to
because Bookmark+ users have lamented not having
backed up their bookmark files (before I fixed the
code to use `write-file').
There's no reason to expect or require users to
manually back up their bookmark files, especially
when it's trivial for Emacs itself to DTRT and
provide backup by default. By _default_.
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/18
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Drew Adams, 2020/09/18
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/19
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Karl Fogel, 2020/09/23
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/23
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/23
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/24
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Karl Fogel, 2020/09/29
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/29
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/23
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Drew Adams, 2020/09/23
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Drew Adams, 2020/09/23
- bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist, Karl Fogel, 2020/09/29