* RE: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?
2009-05-03 19:19 ` Tassilo Horn
@ 2009-05-03 19:24 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-04 2:50 ` 明覺
2009-05-05 6:54 ` 明覺
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From: Drew Adams @ 2009-05-03 19:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Tassilo Horn', help-gnu-emacs
> emacs allows to place the backup files in one single directory.
Another tip: You can easily get rid of backup files in the current directory,
using Dired's `~' command. IOW, if you don't want to use a separate directory,
any temporary clutter can be removed using `~'.
FWIW, that's what I do: I let Emacs create and keep backup files while I
working, and when I'm done with a task and want to clean things up, I hit `~'.
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* Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?
2009-05-03 19:19 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-05-03 19:24 ` Drew Adams
@ 2009-05-04 2:50 ` 明覺
2009-05-05 6:54 ` 明覺
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: 明覺 @ 2009-05-04 2:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:
> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>
> Hi!
>
>>> I know that emacs auto save a file named filename~ when I modified
>>> the file filename, but I do not like the autosaved copy, could i stop
>>> this function? thanks
>>
>> The variable that you are probably looking for is make-backup-files.
>> Read also the related section in the Emacs reference manual:
>>
>> C-h r m Backup RET
>
> As an addition to the previous tips. In general making backup files is
> a good thing, so you most probably don't want to turn it off. But I
> understand that you don't want to clutter the filesystem. But emacs
> allows to place the backup files in one single directory. Here's the
> config:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setq version-control t)
> (setq kept-old-versions 0)
> (setq kept-new-versions 20)
> (setq delete-old-versions t)
> (setq backup-directory-alist
> '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/backup-files/")))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This saves the last 20 versions of all files I edit in
> ~/.emacs.d/backup-files/. (Yes, I'm paranoid! Additionally all my
> important files are under version control (git, svn), too.)
thanks all, this is a good way.
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
>
>
>
--
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Mozilla/Iceweasel Gmail/Evolution Gtkmm/Anjuta/Emacs Scim Totem
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2009-05-03 19:19 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-05-03 19:24 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-04 2:50 ` 明覺
@ 2009-05-05 6:54 ` 明覺
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: 明覺 @ 2009-05-05 6:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:
> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>
> Hi!
>
>>> I know that emacs auto save a file named filename~ when I modified
>>> the file filename, but I do not like the autosaved copy, could i stop
>>> this function? thanks
>>
>> The variable that you are probably looking for is make-backup-files.
>> Read also the related section in the Emacs reference manual:
>>
>> C-h r m Backup RET
>
> As an addition to the previous tips. In general making backup files is
> a good thing, so you most probably don't want to turn it off. But I
> understand that you don't want to clutter the filesystem. But emacs
> allows to place the backup files in one single directory. Here's the
> config:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setq version-control t)
> (setq kept-old-versions 0)
> (setq kept-new-versions 20)
> (setq delete-old-versions t)
> (setq backup-directory-alist
> '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/backup-files/")))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This saves the last 20 versions of all files I edit in
> ~/.emacs.d/backup-files/. (Yes, I'm paranoid! Additionally all my
> important files are under version control (git, svn), too.)
I created 3 directories under .emacs.d/, they are ebackup, eautosave,
etemp, and created ~/.emacs with the following conent:
---------------------------------------------------------------
;; Backup
(defvar backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/ebackup/"))
(defvar autosave-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/eautosave/"))
(setq backup-directory-alist (list (cons ".*" backup-dir)))
(setq auto-save-list-file-prefix autosave-dir)
(setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-dir t)))
---------------------------------------------------------------
after that all the files ending with ~ go to the subfolders of
.emacs.d/, that's good, but I found that when I'm editing a file, a
.#filename will appear in my working folder, I hope I can also move
that file into .emacs.d/etemp/, by what configuration could I reach
that? thanks
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
>
>
>
--
My platform is Gnu/Linux Debian(sid-amd64, lenny-intelx86) Gnome
Mozilla/Iceweasel Gmail/Evolution Gtkmm/Anjuta/Emacs Scim Totem
Pidgin.
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