From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Backing up abbrev_defs? Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:12:17 +0100 Message-ID: <8736inpne6.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: <87a7cvprre.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <83zhkvin8k.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="52984"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 30 17:13:09 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hsToI-000Db9-8n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:13:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33792 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsToH-0004af-5V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:13:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41799) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsTnl-0004ZL-Rx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:12:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsTnj-0006dI-8W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:12:33 -0400 Original-Received: from avasout07.plus.net ([84.93.230.235]:35673) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsTni-0006c3-Py for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from london.london ([213.31.206.128]) by smtp with ESMTPA id sTnch1jU2WbdlsTndhfF3T; Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:12:29 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=plus.com; s=042019; t=1564499549; bh=HbqapxqPNILedRts/hhfTjvFT/sDoPv+FOle4bM6pfc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To; b=AnyGayg8k+7C+JUyNkK0Q59uOXK1+oqCZnsepIe0543e0OhSP0uvLuGQ2Jbypcf/r PKEcirVpelZOypqxlQiji5P/OI0DKfb7+WAhtG3a66fBnHYh1BjMLipvg/yn4fXRDu 1kc1/AK6v2Pu9FIAcDuUp7idBJnZWkJKSjZHKImAh4rQerzjEw+Jkj5vaI38gW4tEZ wsjUJIGfOUh/Ezr2JUxwrmCsrt/rScPE1ljjDR7onxcAQHraITiPag5CwKziXIhZmc HDDQGGy23CKSr46fvt3WWqHGwTdePBpWcPsirXjRsnYFYGoAcTXtXs9TPRLWhvP2gU kBLrAM8A7oiKg== X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=AOJkEj+Y c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=g2aa+hW9Il9RNcK8mEcRJw==:117 a=g2aa+hW9Il9RNcK8mEcRJw==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=mDV3o1hIAAAA:8 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=bAHfVwKlAAAA:8 a=j00QqGqNNifZaSFpFrcA:9 a=mMoifeMaTddObPuu:21 a=gKaR5LykbPWJ1vm2:21 a=36Ped_SIIogA:10 a=RLUpBV9czpYwcNQjLjoA:9 a=FfaGCDsud1wA:10 a=_FVE-zBwftR9WsbkzFJk:22 a=yJM6EZoI5SlJf8ks9Ge_:22 a=diwpeB1DDhFXqWA7J4Up:22 a=KxyM1Xthmv57RbWRIpnN:22 a=fjrkRJ71zQ2jzMzczd-K:22 X-AUTH: skimble@:2500 In-Reply-To: <83zhkvin8k.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:57:31 +0300") X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfGah9qDvJElDglieFC4duYi5jdOOZbkOyiIVcRVDU9ALj+/lPFmU5bvNHpr/BI7pXJnA9V2EVrEHt7Y4Us+mmbSjwjdE+4Od9HLwmqKAwQxEuP+V+tty n1/Xci3XkQnQ0fHexdk3PtNrALb3i3SNSsw5XSHnj0bNwfiGx9aj9el0qFDEeS0rf8iX/cpOXNbGkg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 84.93.230.235 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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 Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:121269 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Sharon Kimble >> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:37:57 +0100 >>=20 >> I want to backup my abbrev_defs file exactly the same as everything else= is backed up, i.e. when >> there is a change to it, a backup is triggered to save it in ~/.emacs.d/= backups. Although the >> position is slightly complicated as its not normally open in any buffer,= so the backup would >> presumably have to be triggered on the source files changing. >>=20 >> I've googled but haven't found any instances of it being backed up, so t= here isn't anything >> seemingly available for me to hack from or with. So can some kind soul h= elp with some working >> code, or guidance to a non-programmer to achieve this please? > > I don't understand the question. Are you saying that when you save > your abbrevs, Emacs doesn't create a backup file for abbrev_defs, as > it does for any other file you save? No! No backup created from it at all! Which I found was rather strange, hen= ce my request. Thanks Sharon. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts =3D https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 10.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 26.2, org 9.2.4 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEELSc/6QwVBIYugJDbNoGAGQr4g1sFAl1AXlEACgkQNoGAGQr4 g1sE2Q//QUSJKKM3Oz1BVVQqN420bj5Fywo9AtYTE5mm+7ZlFBOv282f7iBL8AgW qvzVVhmyKvb2p1CiUzcEyEEc3889gnCCMfJvFirn1YDLHZKg71U9eD+mlUivanZI gw4rbgnJyqsAw3MtspbTDjHGZ1FF7nYTkK2TD+N1hfM/37dGXoQ7VP+9ytRYGpMG cDZKs7Pru8A6+HrO6fFU24wKnsKoDzOqjT8ddxI3D7r2aa5A9E1EfJLe4XKmUBDw NjzziORkn2UvlBsZpM9sVJP1XQAcOEvuYOdaLowxxTPAcKw63hCDBKrHTcYAq3h0 UnT7ur6j3UEok7w2BC7wq8kKO9mPp16bnYhcinSAjujscC6gGDBClCloQcZiC95V MBHt2ZMPJV9cZVa9FvL38+Nbm3qq9nO9pOdZXvQFEXKhQr0s+kumlOrGUmz/urjr tA8bYrXd/n9lb/DFpZlY8IONPpBS9JE507JT0WI3dR+TcjG0Pm/fc+iF/y+XHLUV fi8u2lcnXU7M52qSqQgmlEy/Tm6LrrB4X7dgDvKOyAIz7Knm4OkCRE9S+Apc6tjt Qm3W4+V2Q33cNl271rgKroNQOMoh06XW72MC8j3vo/zG0kpFchYgJdMa2E6lLOpw 3bHKAhOf6L2bC1dfuJMZVvOnY1vEdUKSCE41v1GWFgtwBk62lAU= =Vrno -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--