From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: user42@zip.com.au, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: dired rename backup file too
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:01:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D8705D3.6010503@gmx.at> (raw)
> When renaming a file with dired "R" (dired-do-rename), I'd like it to
> rename the backup file too. So foo -> bar and foo~ -> bar~. Is there a
> secret option or other command to do that?
>
> I only use the single foo~ backup style, not the numbered backups, if
> that makes it easier.
I think such an option would make sense for `rename-file' itself. And
it should handle any kinds of backups Emacs recognizes.
martin
next reply other threads:[~2011-03-21 8:01 UTC|newest]
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2011-03-21 8:01 martin rudalics [this message]
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2011-03-21 14:51 ` dired rename backup file too Xah Lee
2011-03-22 10:50 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-22 12:40 ` Xah Lee
2011-03-22 18:43 ` Uday Reddy
2011-03-27 7:14 ` David Combs
2011-03-27 7:09 ` David Combs
2011-03-27 7:08 ` David Combs
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2011-03-21 0:20 Kevin Ryde
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