From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestion: create new file backups following turn of day Date: 30 May 2002 07:08:50 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <873cwabo99.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022710865 7072 127.0.0.1 (29 May 2002 22:21:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:21:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Marshall, Simon" , 'Emacs Developers' Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17DBoX-0001px-00 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 00:21:05 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17DC72-0000Wr-00 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 00:40:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17DBol-00030r-00; Wed, 29 May 2002 18:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp01.fields.gol.com ([203.216.5.131]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17DBnN-0002w4-00; Wed, 29 May 2002 18:19:54 -0400 Original-Received: from tc-2-247.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.25.247] helo=tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp) by smtp01.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 17DBnL-0006Eh-00; Thu, 30 May 2002 07:19:52 +0900 Original-Received: by tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 08B5330A4; Thu, 30 May 2002 07:08:50 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Thien-Thi Nguyen System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 14 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4494 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4494 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > probably you have more deterministic interaction if you use RCS. RCS requires you to make explicit versions. He can do that using backup files too, very simply, but he wanted some way to make the system _automatically_ make more backup files at some periodic interval, in case he's editing a file for a very long time. I think it's a great idea... -Miles -- "Most attacks seem to take place at night, during a rainstorm, uphill, where four map sheets join." -- Anon. British Officer in WW I