From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Kelly Jones" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Putting all backup (tilde) files in one directory using xemacs 21.4p6 Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:00:21 -0700 Message-ID: <26face530701211700w7a66c62ei4a92f961b9647dc9@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169427647 532 80.91.229.12 (22 Jan 2007 01:00:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 22 02:00:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H8nYD-0002lm-Dg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:00:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H8nYD-0001mQ-0g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:00:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H8nXz-0001m5-In for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:00:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H8nXx-0001lD-Eh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:00:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H8nXx-0001l4-8n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:00:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.249.82.238] (helo=wx-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H8nXq-0007vc-EX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:00:22 -0500 Original-Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s17so1263490wxc for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:00:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=cjH7LDlFyFPTjz9TOg74MTgMTPdKlVPRczoSjSoH5rBguMP7HqG+dQh1mrbtfhjiqjvS9fWODFf32j1F7FCrC/LDWrMzZF2QnKFNkKWxGhZklaYfXMXJjzb1hm2xfcQDSZMbi0vinm55gyyZxuXVfWy/36j+fGtqlSzasqMlFGQ= Original-Received: by 10.90.118.8 with SMTP id q8mr5540193agc.1169427621613; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:00:21 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.90.53.19 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:00:21 -0800 (PST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40497 Archived-At: Using xemacs 21.4p6, how do I put all backup (tilde) files into a single directory, instead of having them saved to the same directory as the original file? I tried several variations of: (require 'saveconf) (require 'uniquify) (require 'auto-save) (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "/home/user/emacs-backups"))) to no avail (I replaced 'user' with my username and confirmed that emacs-backups existed and was writable by me). I then wiped out all the tilde files, restarted xemacs, ran the LISP code above, but the tilde files still show up in the same directory as the original. Doing "describe-variable" for "backup-directory-alist" is unhelpful, so I wonder if I need to "require" something else to make this work? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.