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Re: o to save file prompting
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Dan Jacobson |
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Re: o to save file prompting |
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21 Feb 2001 06:25:06 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 |
>>>>> "ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
ZSH> Dan Jacobson writes:
>> Do repeated o's to save several messages [to the same file]. Note
>> that though its action is to append, both the confirmation prompt,
>> nor the "Wrote /home/jidanni/xmexx" give any clue that one is
>> appending, not overwriting. A uninformed user would be afraid to
>> use the o key!
ZSH> Emacs (write-region) gives this message though appending.
ZSH> Technically, it is right when Emacs "wrote" the file. Gnus can
ZSH> do nothing about it.
Ok, I hope the emacs maintainers could make a different message when appending.
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