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28.0.50; GNU ELPA persist: variables not saved

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.0.50; GNU ELPA persist: variables not saved
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:51:41 +0300

(require 'persist)
(persist-defvar my-var "anything" "Example")

When I do the above and exit Emacs, I cannot see my-var in ~/.emacs.d




In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 18, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.12, cairo version 1.14.8)
 of 2020-10-14 built on protected.rcdrun.com
Repository revision: 423439b38067c4a428310edab24fba7da082027c
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11907000
System Description: Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre

Configured using:
 'configure --prefix=/package/text/emacs-2020-10-14 --with-modules'

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG CAIRO SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS GLIB NOTIFY
INOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE HARFBUZZ M17N_FLT LIBOTF ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 XDBE XIM MODULES THREADS JSON PDUMPER LCMS2

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=exwm-xim
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
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  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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x multi-tty make-network-process emacs)

Memory information:
((conses 16 55477 6814)
 (symbols 48 7214 1)
 (strings 32 19054 1747)
 (string-bytes 1 622764)
 (vectors 16 11532)
 (vector-slots 8 165008 10371)
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 (buffers 992 11))

-- 
Thanks,
Jean Louis

Message #8 received at 44152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>, 44152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44152: 28.0.50; GNU ELPA persist: variables not saved
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:53:36 -0700

Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> writes:

> (require 'persist)
> (persist-defvar my-var "anything" "Example")
>
> When I do the above and exit Emacs, I cannot see my-var in ~/.emacs.d

Copying in the persist.el maintainer.  Phil, any idea what is going on
here?

Message #11 received at 44152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 44152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44152: 28.0.50; GNU ELPA persist: variables not saved
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:25:49 +0200

Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> writes:

> (require 'persist)
> (persist-defvar my-var "anything" "Example")
>
> When I do the above and exit Emacs, I cannot see my-var in ~/.emacs.d

Variables that have their default values are not saved -- you have to
change the value for persist to do anything.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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