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From: Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: How to switch off autobackup for files loaded from tramp?
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:13:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yqoonklplxkjst2.fsf@dod.no> (raw)

Back in September 11 2021 I added the following line to my ~/.emacs:
 (add-to-list 'backup-directory-alist (cons tramp-file-name-regexp nil))

The purpose of that setting was to turn off autobackup for files loaded
from tramp, because emacs on windows went ga-ga when I tried to modify a
file that was loaded from a server that couldn't be contacted at the
time of edit (because of firewalls).

I think the setting worked back in 2021 at whatever emacs was the
current one back then.

But the setting does not work now and looking at the
backup-directory-alist documentation, I think it is because the nil
result just tells autobackup to work as default...?

Anyway: does someone have a current, working, config that will disable
autobackup on files loaded from tramp?

Thanks!


- Steinar



             reply	other threads:[~2024-01-29 11:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-29 11:13 Steinar Bang [this message]
2024-01-29 18:52 ` How to switch off autobackup for files loaded from tramp? Manuel Giraud via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-01-30  8:13   ` Steinar Bang
2024-01-30  9:21     ` Manuel Giraud via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-01-30  9:48       ` Steinar Bang
2024-01-30 10:16         ` Manuel Giraud via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-01-30 11:40           ` Steinar Bang
2024-01-30 11:53             ` Steinar Bang
2024-01-30 12:13               ` Steinar Bang

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