bug#18692: 25.0.50; (emacs) `Backup Names' is not the place for `backup-directory-alist'

bug#18692: 25.0.50; (emacs) `Backup Names' is not the place for `backup-directory-alist'

[Drew Adams]

This node has the title "Single or Numbered Backups".

The paragraph about `backup-directory-alist' does not belong in this
node, even though the second half of this sentence (which should be a
separate sentence, BTW) does mention something pertinent to backup file
names.

  A typical use is to add an element `("."  . DIR)' to make all
  backups in the directory with absolute name DIR; Emacs modifies the
  backup file names to avoid clashes between files with the same names
  originating in different directories.

This paragraph belongs in node `Backup', which is about whether, how,
and where to save backups.



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bug#18692: 25.0.50; (emacs) `Backup Names' is not the place for `backup-directory-alist'

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> This node has the title "Single or Numbered Backups".
>
> The paragraph about `backup-directory-alist' does not belong in this
> node, even though the second half of this sentence (which should be a
> separate sentence, BTW) does mention something pertinent to backup file
> names.
>
>   A typical use is to add an element `("."  . DIR)' to make all
>   backups in the directory with absolute name DIR; Emacs modifies the
>   backup file names to avoid clashes between files with the same names
>   originating in different directories.
>
> This paragraph belongs in node `Backup', which is about whether, how,
> and where to save backups.

I've now moved it and elided the bit about applying to both numbered and
single backups.

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