From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Backup filename Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:54:36 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070488607 28575 80.91.224.253 (3 Dec 2003 21:56:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 22:56:45 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARezE-0005L0-00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:56:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARfvZ-0001yQ-Dy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:57:01 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARfvG-0001y7-MC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:56:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARfuk-0001lT-Tr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:56:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.203] (helo=mail3.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1ARfuk-0001lD-H0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:56:10 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 6221 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2003 21:54:43 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 3 Dec 2003 21:54:43 -0000 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-To: "." In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14905 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14905 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! = = _______________________________________________ = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org = http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs =