+2014-07-07 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
+
+ * gnus-start.el (gnus-dribble-read-file): Don't stop the auto-saving of
+ the dribble buffer even when it is shrunk a lot.
+ <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16923>
+
2014-06-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* mm-util.el (help-function-arglist): Remove outdated declaration.
(setq buffer-save-without-query t)
(erase-buffer)
(setq buffer-file-name dribble-file)
+ ;; The buffer may be shrunk a lot when deleting old entries.
+ ;; It caused the auto-saving to stop.
+ (if (featurep 'emacs)
+ (set (make-local-variable 'auto-save-include-big-deletions) t)
+ (set (make-local-variable 'disable-auto-save-when-buffer-shrinks) nil))
(auto-save-mode t)
(buffer-disable-undo)
(bury-buffer (current-buffer))