From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
"help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Reviewing versioned backups
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:49:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SA2PR10MB4474B85BCDBF3C26EA4BDAB2F3649@SA2PR10MB4474.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83a6qu86pi.fsf@gnu.org>
> You don't need to guess by the name, I didn't remember the name when I
> started answering your question, I just remembered that an option to
> do that was available. What I did is this:
>
> C-h r
> i backup file RET
>
> In the node which that displayed, I found this text:
>
> At your option, Emacs can keep either a single backup for each file,
> or make a series of numbered backup files for each file that you edit.
> *Note Backup Names::.
>
> So I followed the cross-reference.
>
> IOW, you are well advised to use the manual as a reference, with the
> 'i' command as the means to quickly find what you are looking for even
> if you don't know its name.
+1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-23 15:49 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
2021-03-23 10:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-23 15:49 ` Drew Adams [this message]
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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