From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
Cc: Florian Lindner <Florian.Lindner@xgm.de>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Change backup system
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bq0h2260.fsf@tux.homenetwork> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E5098B1D-BAB4-4D68-B2B3-8F64C78D9510@Web.DE> (Peter Dyballa's message of "Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:57:05 +0200")
Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
> Am 28.07.2008 um 21:00 schrieb Florian Lindner:
>
>> Can I configure Emacs like that?
>
> (setq auto-save-interval 125)
> ;; Backups to central location
> (setq make-backup-files t ; backup my files
> backup-by-copying t ; don't clobber sym-links
> ; backup-directory-alist '(("." . (concat (user-emacs-
> directory "/Sicherungen")))) ; don't litter
> delete-old-versions t
> kept-new-versions 6
> kept-old-versions 2
> version-control t ; use versioned backups
> vc-make-backup-files t ; make backups for cvs projects
> vc-follow-symlinks t)
> (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/
> Sicherungen"))) ;don't litter
And when you /su::/etc (for example) if you add that lines:
,----
| (setq tramp-backup-directory-alist backup-directory-alist)
| (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms nil)
`----
when you edit files in /etc you will have also the backups in your
`backup-directory-alist' directory.
--
A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-28 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-28 19:00 Change backup system Florian Lindner
2008-07-28 19:20 ` Evans Winner
2008-07-28 19:57 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-07-28 20:18 ` Thierry Volpiatto [this message]
2008-07-29 9:29 ` Xah
2008-07-29 18:12 ` Florian Lindner
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