From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:12:09 +0200 Message-ID: <83a6qu86pi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a6qvat9v.fsf@posteo.net> <875z1ii7te.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <83im5i8ar0.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24132"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 23 12:12:31 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lOexa-000680-Dr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:12:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54410 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOexZ-0001w1-GL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51836) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOex8-0001vn-HU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51933) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lOex8-0005te-AU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4603 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lOex7-0007ne-4N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:12:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Jean Louis on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:19:05 +0300) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128525 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:19:05 +0300 > From: Jean Louis > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > * Eli Zaretskii [2021-03-23 12:59]: > > > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:31:10 +0300 > > > From: Jean Louis > > > > How do you enable backup files with simple numbering scheme from > > > default? > > > > It's in the manual: see the node "Backup Names". > > Thank you. I did not notice it as I was thinking that > `version-control' does not apply to some built-in backup methods. You don't need to guess by the name, I didn't remember the name when I started answering your question, I just remembered that an option to do that was available. What I did is this: C-h r i backup file RET In the node which that displayed, I found this text: At your option, Emacs can keep either a single backup for each file, or make a series of numbered backup files for each file that you edit. *Note Backup Names::. So I followed the cross-reference. IOW, you are well advised to use the manual as a reference, with the 'i' command as the means to quickly find what you are looking for even if you don't know its name.