From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 23.0.60; find-backup-file-name assumes base name of backup file names Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:20:48 -0400 Message-ID: <87lk3pdtvz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87lk3phewu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <9a9bfc170804070833u506e25e0ycf66010d61eea931@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207617897 31107 80.91.229.12 (8 Apr 2008 01:24:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 01:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Ramkumar R. Aiyengar" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 08 03:25:29 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jj2aP-000515-Br for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:25:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jj2Zm-0005l7-1i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:24:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jj2Zh-0005iU-Vs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:24:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jj2Zh-0005gc-7d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:24:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jj2Zg-0005gN-Lk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jj2Zg-0001ks-EC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BD5D84E2ED; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:20:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <9a9bfc170804070833u506e25e0ycf66010d61eea931@mail.gmail.com> (Ramkumar R. Aiyengar's message of "Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:33:02 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:94656 Archived-At: "Ramkumar R. Aiyengar" writes: > Hi! > >> In the code, find-backup-file-name only uses make-backup-file-name-1 >> when checking for numeric backup files (usually for files under version >> control). If it determines that a non-numeric backup file is desired, >> it calls make-backup-file-name, which correctly checks >> make-backup-file-name-function as desired. Note that >> make-backup-file-name-function only applies to non-numeric backup files. > > Ah! So, the make-backup-file-name-function can be used only if > version-control is not set? Didn't know that.. I am here trying to use > version-control set to t, along with a custom > make-backup-file-name-function (for creating a shadow directory > structure for backup files: backup-alist flattens out backup file > names within it.. files like.. > ~/.emacs.d/backup/home/ramk/.emacs.~2~). Could this then become a > feature request, to allow customization of the backup function for > versioned backups? I'll add it to the TODO list. Thanks.