From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestion: create new file backups following turn of day Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:08:14 +0300 (IDT) Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022667134 5924 127.0.0.1 (29 May 2002 10:12:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 10:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "'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 17D0RC-0001XR-00 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 12:12:14 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17D0jS-0000nM-00 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 12:31:06 +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 17D0RO-0000aG-00; Wed, 29 May 2002 06:12:26 -0400 Original-Received: from is.elta.co.il ([199.203.121.2]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17D0P9-0000MU-00 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 06:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from is (is [199.203.121.2]) by is.elta.co.il (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA02079; Wed, 29 May 2002 13:08:14 +0300 (IDT) X-Sender: eliz@is Original-To: "Marshall, Simon" In-Reply-To: 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:4477 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4477 On Wed, 29 May 2002, Marshall, Simon wrote: > I realise I can do C-u C-x C-s on an individual file, but that requires > me remembering (a) to do it, (b) whether I've done it already that day > given the large number of files I might be editing and (c) I save with > C-u C-x s because I tend to modify more than one file at a time. What I > would like is to be able to tell Emacs to automatically make backups on > a daily basis, not just the first time I save a visited file. Or maybe > some other configuration, e.g., make a backup when saving after a number > of hours since the last backup was made for the visited file. > > WDYT? I think this would be a useful feature.