* emacs 21 & .#files
@ 2008-06-11 10:08 Zsolt SZALAI
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From: Zsolt SZALAI @ 2008-06-11 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi!
On debian testing, emacs 21 makes files named like .#foo and standard
backupfiles too.
What is the purspose of these .# files and how can i switch off creating them?
thanks,
Zsolt SZALAI
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* Re: emacs 21 & .#files
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@ 2008-06-12 22:05 ` B. T. Raven
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From: B. T. Raven @ 2008-06-12 22:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Zsolt SZALAI wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On debian testing, emacs 21 makes files named like .#foo and standard
> backupfiles too.
> What is the purspose of these .# files and how can i switch off creating them?
>
> thanks,
> Zsolt SZALAI
>
>
I think they're Emacs crash insurance in case you don't explicitly save
your buffers to files on a regular basis. See customize auto save group.
Also this will keep them cleared out (from C-h v):
"
delete-auto-save-files is a variable defined in `files.el'.
Its value is t
Documentation:
Non-nil means delete auto-save file when a buffer is saved or killed.
Note that the auto-save file will not be deleted if the buffer is killed
when it has unsaved changes.
You can customize this variable.
"
Ed
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