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From: gebser@speakeasy.net
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Backup filename
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:54:36 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312031646220.3010-100000@heidegger.mousecar.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MJqzb.40557$dP1.153274@newsc.telia.net>


First, look at the variable "version-control".  You can find it and
customize it under the "Custom" menu if you wish.  To have them saved in
~/.backups, you're probably going to have to noodle with
basic-save-buffer, located in files.el.


Bon appetit,
ken

At 19:22 (UTC-0000) on Wed, 3 Dec 2003 . said:

= Could someone tell me how to move my backups to ~/.backups and have them 
= named something like "|home|me|.emacs.1" and then "|home|me|.emacs.2", 
= "|home|me|.emacs.3" and so on. I can't get make-backup-file-name to work 
= on 21.?
= 
= Please help!
= 
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  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-03 21:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-03 19:22 Backup filename .
2003-12-03 21:54 ` gebser [this message]
2003-12-04  7:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-04 12:52 ` Sikkan
2003-12-04 22:32   ` .
     [not found] ` <mailman.1022.1070527644.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-04 22:36   ` .

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