From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Backing up buffers Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:02 -0500 Message-ID: <45B15876.4040207@gatech.edu> References: <1169229215.741201.20960@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com> <1169244180.784240.168240@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1262086034==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169250451 2309 80.91.229.12 (19 Jan 2007 23:47:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:47:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 20 00:47:29 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 1H83S8-0002ri-If for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:47:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H83S8-0006FJ-5Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H83Rq-0006Bs-O2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H83Rq-0006BD-4J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H83Rp-0006B7-Tb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [130.207.165.165] (helo=deliverator5.gatech.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1H83Rp-0003fN-HG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator5.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F9FF1D1A23 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx3.gatech.edu (mailprx3.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator5.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A67771D1A2E for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [128.61.73.81] (r73h81.res.gatech.edu [128.61.73.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx3.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx3.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7178C21C9 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <1169244180.784240.168240@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 X-GT-Spam-Rating: (7%) X-GT-Spam-Details: No antispam rules were triggered by this message X-GT-AVAS-Version: 5.2.1.279297, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.19.153433 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:40474 Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --===============1262086034== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7A74EC94E351E63E8ACF672C" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7A74EC94E351E63E8ACF672C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable rgb wrote: >> I'm trying to find out if there's a way to configure Emacs so that >> buffers with no file associated could also be silently backuped. >=20 > Basically, no. > Naturally you could write something. > The hard part would be deciding what buffers to 'back up'. > There are loads of buffers used for purposes you really wouldn't want > 'backed up'. =20 > For example dired buffers. If you designed it right, this wouldn't be a problem. In normal circumstances, simply remove all backups on close. If emacs does crash, on open it can ask whether each buffer should be restored or deleted, ala OpenOffice. 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