From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:44:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83im5i8ar0.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YFm1XhDeY5mdCnRZ@protected.localdomain> (message from Jean Louis on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:31:10 +0300)
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:31:10 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> * Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> [2021-03-23 11:39]:
> > On Monday, 22 Mar 2021 at 23:25, Jean Louis wrote:
> > > I am using RCS and to review some previous version I do: `C-x v ~
> > > VERSION-NUMBER` then I get full file visible in the buffer.
> >
> > I think the OP is using the simple backup file method built-in to Emacs,
> > not a version control system, i.e. that files are backed up using a
> > simple numbering scheme.
>
> How do you do that?
>
> My variable `make-backup-file' is T. But that I think does only a copy
> with ~ on the end.
>
> How do you enable backup files with simple numbering scheme from
> default?
It's in the manual: see the node "Backup Names".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-23 9:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-22 19:21 Reviewing versioned backups Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-22 20:25 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 8:38 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-03-23 9:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 9:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-03-23 10:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-23 15:49 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-23 9:56 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-03-23 11:55 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-23 12:36 ` John Yates
2021-03-23 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-24 8:47 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-24 11:05 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-24 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-26 5:50 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-03-28 0:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-28 9:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 0:36 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-30 9:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 9:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-30 10:03 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 10:16 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-30 23:41 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-31 1:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-31 6:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-31 13:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-31 14:00 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-01 15:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-01 19:44 ` Philip Kaludercic
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