Re: [External] : Turning on savehist-mode by default

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "manuel@ledu-giraud.fr" <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr>,
>         "yuri.v.khan@gmail.com"
>       <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>,
>         "juri@linkov.net" <juri@linkov.net>,
>         "philipk@posteo.net" <philipk@posteo.net>,
>         "sbaugh@catern.com"
>       <sbaugh@catern.com>,
>         "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:54:47 +0000
> 
> > > > ... desktop-globals-to-save ...
> > >
> > > FWIW, that option shouldn't be named `...globals...'.
> > > It should be named something like `...variables...'
> > > or `...vars...'.
> > 
> > There's also desktop-locals-to-save.
> 
> "globals" and "locals" isn't clear, IMHO,

They are crystal clear IMO.

> and isn't very discoverable (e.g. with apropos).

I don't see why they should be discoverable via apropos.  They are
minor features of desktop.el, and therefore should be discovered
either via customize-group or by simply searching desktop.el for
"defcustom".