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bug#50380: Hard to understand NEWS entry about 'save-some-buffers-defaul
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#50380: Hard to understand NEWS entry about 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate' |
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Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:06:48 +0300 |
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> I find it hard to understand this entry in NEWS:
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> ** New value 'save-some-buffers-root' of
> 'save-some-buffers-default-predicate'.
> It allows to ask about saving only files under the project root
> or in subdirectories of the directory that was default during
> command invocation.
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> Could someone who understands it please clarify it? In particular, it
> would benefit from explaining something like "It allows the
> 'save-some-buffers' command to ask ...". Also, how is the "project
> root" decided? I think this one very dense sentence should be broken
> up into two or even three sentences.
There is still open bug#46374 that requires rewriting this feature anyway.