changeset 79209:e36d222d322f

Mention desktop locking.
author Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
date Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:18:52 +0000
parents 4845061b9683
children 6277ff95f884
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Oct 24 08:24:50 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Oct 24 10:18:52 2007 +0000
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 special steps to use them. Emacs now has the appropriate resources linked
 in to make it use the scrollbars from the system theme.
 
-** focus-follows-mouse defaults to nil on MS Windows
+** focus-follows-mouse defaults to nil on MS Windows.
 Previously this variable was incorrectly documented as having no effect
 on MS Windows, and the default was inappropriate for the majority of
 Windows installations. Users of software which modifies the behaviour of
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
 was needed.  In text command mode, if you have problems before execution has
 started, use M-x gud-gdb.
 
+** desktop.el now detects conflicting uses of the desktop file.
+When loading the desktop, desktop.el can now detect that the file is already
+in use.  The default behavior is to ask the user what to do, but you can
+customize it with the new option `desktop-load-locked-desktop'.  When saving,
+desktop.el warns about attempts to overwrite a desktop file if it determines
+that the desktop being saved is not an update of the one on disk.
+
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.2
 
 ** bibtex-style-mode helps you write BibTeX's *.bst files.