Re: desktop-read issue on XP - emacs 23.2 or 3

[martin rudalics]

> With .emacs narrowed down to following:
> (custom-set-variables
>  '(desktop-save-mode t))
> (desktop-load-default)
> (desktop-read)
>
>
> I noted a very weird question upon start up (only Windows, Linux is fine):
>
>
> "Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID %s.
>
>
> The PID indicates the emacs itself I am trying to bring up. Any idea what is 
wrong? It is really annoying.

I don't use desktop so I can only speculate.  IIUC,
`desktop-load-default' is obsolete since Emacs 22.1.  What happens if
you omit it?  The very problem occurs when you call `desktop-read' which
does

                   (or (null desktop-load-locked-desktop)
                       (not (y-or-n-p (format "Warning: desktop file appears to 
be in use by PID %s.\n\
Using it may cause conflicts.  Use it anyway? " owner)))))

so simply typing "y" should load it.  But maybe Emacs could check
whether it is the owner of that PID.  Are you sure there's no other
Emacs process around?

martin