From: Miles Bader <snogglethorpe@gmail.com>
Cc: han@mijncomputer.nl, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backup method
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:20:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fc339e4a05012617204f4c7180@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200501270045.j0R0jIq06197@raven.dms.auburn.edu>
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:45:18 -0600 (CST), Luc Teirlinck
<teirllm@dms.auburn.edu> wrote:
> Han Boetes wrote:
>
> So I would like to suggest to make backup by copying the default.
>
> I agree. Backup by renaming is a very confusing default.
No it's not. It's by _far_ the most natural way to do it.
> I had to
> change it instantly after I first started using Emacs. I had a
> process appending to a file with auto-revert enabled. I edited the
> file and saved my changes. The process started appending to the
> backup file. Very confusing
The problem here is that you're doing something Very Weird: editing
and saving a file currently being written by a process is _not_ a
common thing to do, for good reason -- no matter what your editor
does, it's pretty much random luck whether the right thing happens or
not.
Backup-by-renaming is the best method for general use; there are
specific exceptional cases where it doesn't work well. If some of
these exceptional cases are easy to detect, Emacs should detect them.
-Miles
--
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-27 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-27 0:02 backup method Han Boetes
2005-01-27 0:45 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-27 1:20 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2005-01-27 1:37 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-27 1:54 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 22:18 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-28 3:56 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-29 4:16 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-29 6:08 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-29 18:42 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-29 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-01-29 21:48 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-29 22:37 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-29 22:49 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-29 21:57 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-29 22:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-29 22:52 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-29 23:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-01-30 21:52 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-31 0:20 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-31 0:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-02-01 13:30 ` Richard Stallman
2005-02-01 14:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-02-03 6:40 ` Richard Stallman
2005-02-03 9:27 ` David Kastrup
2005-02-03 10:15 ` Han Boetes
2005-02-05 5:28 ` Richard Stallman
2005-02-05 10:26 ` David Kastrup
2005-02-06 10:29 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-31 0:20 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-31 4:07 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-29 20:06 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-30 10:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-30 11:39 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 18:25 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-01-27 20:25 ` Reiner Steib
2005-01-27 23:19 ` Miles Bader
2005-01-27 23:12 ` Miles Bader
2005-01-28 3:55 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-27 1:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-27 2:08 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 2:27 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 4:59 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 2:37 ` Miles Bader
2005-01-27 3:27 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 5:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-01-27 5:27 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 19:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-01-28 4:14 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-27 8:30 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-01-27 19:55 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-27 21:12 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-27 20:15 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-01-27 22:19 ` Richard Stallman
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