Re: multiple queries to delete excess backup version w/ custom

[martin rudalics]

> martin> Does this happen with `custom-save-all'?
>
> I used the mouse to click the button labelled "Save for Future Sessions".
>
> "C-h k" followed by a click on that button shows documentation for
> widget-button-click -- not very helpful.  C-h k RET with point on the
> button just shows docs for Custom-newline -- also not very helpful.
>
> Finally I figured out that M-x describe-char followed by
> middle-clicking on 'push-button', followed by left-clicking the
> '[show]' text next to :action, shows:
>
> #[(widget &optional event)
>   "\300 \207"
>   [Custom-save]
>   1]
>
> I found this sequence extremely obscure.

It is.  Personally, I experienece great difficulties reading custom and
widget code.

> Apparently Custom-save calls custom-save-all.
> But, when I evalled (custom-save-all) by hand, it only asked once.

Could you please try to edebug `Custom-save' and/or `custom-save-all' to
find out why and how it's getting called repeatedly.  This should get
fixed for Emacs 22.2.