From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Suvayu Ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Lock file names Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:36:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20120720063642.GA1944@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <20120719192955.GF3756@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <87zk6vufn2.fsf@mithlond.arda> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1342766222 6298 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2012 06:37:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs help , Suvayu Ali To: Teemu Likonen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 20 08:37:01 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss6pg-00030k-BU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:37:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36815 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss6pf-0005KG-Jj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:36:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56189) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss6pX-0005Jt-4A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:36:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss6pV-00010q-Bp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:36:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com ([209.85.212.177]:35247) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss6pV-00010m-5j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:36:49 -0400 Original-Received: by wibhm11 with SMTP id hm11so109075wib.12 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:36:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=MJI9cUFP1y8hMw96+MVkXQwRhkssCPT4aRQT7bgPJbw=; b=zhF7NccWK7IrGPSRKX6vZ69vBAcJRAETbD/qEqrHTA9FheDIeeLN2A1g6ygCmlE1Vy pIgJtvuh1hpFOd7KyV+VwnIQtFuLFJCeVYXl+kPdYC2upWx93hnTQJb/c4dvoFpSHoJM lYX15YJUOOINT3lt5cz7SMZLTkBqQERk9k+KCaebatPwfXSTYiEXHIx/5igdeD3MqTdI AHJSm01dss/3CsJVT+pE+1T35pnynMRjZDW/1YvULcXoZtwFZaJkQ9M9i4yVQoliUbGF l6oP4hyOx7aNKblMLXp3RfkUJIfNYoFQnUbBEBZ0nOKmuVuNUiyKj7O96sFul66d04n3 XhCw== Original-Received: by 10.217.4.193 with SMTP id u43mr1691422wes.129.1342766208351; Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:36:48 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from kuru.dyndns-at-home.com (AAnnecy-651-1-264-70.w86-200.abo.wanadoo.fr. [86.200.7.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t7sm12505771wix.6.2012.07.19.23.36.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87zk6vufn2.fsf@mithlond.arda> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.212.177 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85951 Archived-At: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 09:10:25AM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Suvayu Ali [2012-07-19 21:29:55 +0200] wrote: > > > I am using GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (built in the 1st week of July) and I > > see a change in the file naming scheme for lock files. As far as I > > recall, it used to be `.##', but now I see `.#'. > > The trailing hash is missing. Is this a bug? > > I think autosave files are named “#name#” but lock files are a symbolic > links named “.#name”. Okay thanks. Would this be a reasonable feature request? -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.