From 17d9830f469ac57838b04fc7e9fc0bed4f1f3191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:55:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ; * etc/NEWS: Fix wording of a recently added entry. --- etc/NEWS | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 68eeee69cc3..9633a1ff6f6 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ as was already the case for all the non-preloaded files. ** Emacs Sessions (Desktop) +++ -*** New option to load if locking Emacs not running locally. -The option 'desktop-load-locked-desktop' can now be set to value -'check-pid', which means to load the desktop only if the locking Emacs -process is not running on the local machine. See the "(emacs) Saving -Emacs Sessions" node in the Emacs manual for details. +*** New option to load a locked desktop if locking Emacs is not running. +The option 'desktop-load-locked-desktop' can now be set to the value +'check-pid', which means to allow loading a locked ".emacs.desktop" +file if the Emacs process which locked it is no longer running on the +local machine. This allows to avoid asking questions about locked +desktop files when the Emacs session which locked it crashes or was +otherwise interrupted and didn't exit gracefully. See the "(emacs) +Saving Emacs Sessions" node in the Emacs manual for more details. * Startup Changes in Emacs 29.1 -- 2.39.5