From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Reconsider make-backup-files default value Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:04:03 +0300 Message-ID: <86msk7dcuk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a5g84hn4.fsf@baxters.nz> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19629"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: james.ipswich@proton.me, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jeremy Baxter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 16 14:04:21 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sqASr-0004ug-Nm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:04:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sqASh-00044A-58; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:04:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sqASf-00043h-7u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:04:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sqASe-0007ZS-MQ; Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:04:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=y15ZnE3KYtrLIT/JCQULTsdEvOFl1ChzYX0QOuiggmE=; b=rKEZFdiTwP/i RRmlQmNNok5EeOU2/4KB/+dfODhAOf1Hfc+FGN0+6WhjneUQ6NYAkMapqESElLXx7GdHL3ZokMeaU eSHq7bF1zowjCjI/DrBDjYUXhdMpVJiTBS1/ik/nP5Lgj1JgJzGWas1d5fEP6wJCOuc9sJYN8fbka DEchCOaHYHEyvGNgwUIrE4/M25LRiH/RfLSNhCn/VeYYc51dtoCdhl8lR0uMEH+2S61jd5xu2hClN DTNIJoemlXUkeIQ29yc/2pDYbzsHjV7ih6qGJn6grj1aezugg0Komr6SKvSwLuuZk+UY3UjRwG+6w NZYpSUFh06GvlEPzCmSquQ==; In-Reply-To: <87a5g84hn4.fsf@baxters.nz> (message from Jeremy Baxter on Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:29:35 +1200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:323662 Archived-At: > From: Jeremy Baxter > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:29:35 +1200 > > I also think this default behaviour can be quite annoying but having > automatic backups can also come in very handy at times. A possible > solution to the leftover backup issue is storing backup files in some > specified directory, such as .emacs.d/auto-saves. This is possible, of course, and supported by Emacs, but it has a disadvantage of quickly making that directory unmanageable. So not everyone will like this, if it becomes the default.