From: Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com>
To: 31908@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31908: Save file locks in centralized location
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:41:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADB4rJEmaKmRO=Db_+uWMDfV3kpGfUEDtaCgcv2BvpNrQH=QMA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
While you have an unsaved buffer, Emacs creates a lock file [1] in the
current directory. This is useful to prevent concurrent edits, but it
is also annoying to have the extra file around: for example, if you
save frequently while you have a Dired pane with a fast Auto Revert
enabled in another window, the lock file will keep appearing and
disappearing rapidly.
I wish for Emacs to save its lock files in some subdirectory of my
`user-emacs-directory', rather than in the same directory as the file
under consideration. Is that possible? If not, is it possible to
implement the feature someday?
I found no relevant discussion on the bug tracker or on emacs-devel,
and I only found the discouraging [2] on Stack Exchange.
[1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/File-Locks.html
[2]: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/5967/12534
next reply other threads:[~2018-06-20 4:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-20 4:41 Radon Rosborough [this message]
2018-06-20 6:03 ` bug#31908: Save file locks in centralized location Phil Sainty
2018-06-20 15:29 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-06-21 8:34 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-21 16:01 ` Radon Rosborough
2019-02-06 18:35 ` Mauro Mandracchia
2019-02-06 19:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-23 13:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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