From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: backup file save not saving to backups directory. Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:26:09 +0100 Message-ID: <87vbob67se.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411658815 6975 80.91.229.3 (25 Sep 2014 15:26:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Anssi Saari Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 25 17:26:50 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XXAwT-000595-Lr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:26:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40715 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXAwT-0005jW-9C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:26:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42895) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXAwB-0005hb-A0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:26:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXAw6-0003y8-35 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:26:31 -0400 Original-Received: from avasout01.plus.net ([84.93.230.227]:50596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXAw5-0003vq-Tq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:26:26 -0400 Original-Received: from london ([87.114.21.185]) by avasout01 with smtp id vTSF1o00L3zbsun01TSHes; Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:26:17 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=MK7umapl c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=GsW1MP+PcuR/gQKw6AGiHw==:117 a=GsW1MP+PcuR/gQKw6AGiHw==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=-6EpGbjPKfkA:10 a=JR7fjFkzGwcA:10 a=wwhdH22qgnUA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=xtERp6CFAAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=5IanOl-IovwP2Veo5KsA:9 a=zhA0KNfDLY4bJymb:21 a=bMnTjg8j4CNCosni:21 a=9eHraTb1E8C9cDlsD2sA:9 X-AUTH: skimble:2500 In-Reply-To: (Anssi Saari's message of "Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:18:27 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 84.93.230.227 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100148 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anssi Saari writes: > Sharon Kimble writes: > >> I am using this code in my 'init.el' - >> ;;; from Tassilo Horn 11/08/14 >> (setq version-control t >> delete-old-versions t >> kept-new-versions 7 >> kept-old-versions 0 >> backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backup/"))) >> >> When a file is saved, it is saved to its destination, but there is no >> backup copy in "~/.emacs.d/backup/". How can I get a backup copy please? > > Those settings seem to work fine for me, the directory was created and > backups appeared in it. Are you sure the settings are actually in > effect? I've found that I need to have "auto-save-buffers-enhanced" in my setup and then it all works well. Thanks Sharon. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =3D https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.93.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUJDQSAAoJEDaBgBkK+INbCiwP+gPVCohltNjVx2ffBwRqxRUb LXC0d7E8v4cc6i5qHfBauS8vqXlgc8ZHaOwyTTIR953K7G1XUoXDW+W0w6Xw9m5k A9t/8O9UZW479A6Z+HRi8oMf9IgI5ZhpK5jsjJmLT62e9AOMrIGxzfYGbgFx9/nK YdZkaYsmFRyTSwHvVcCR86icDVn4/O2q0GdnmTE3atNRGYmHVUh+aLgG4K1MeNY9 hdpka5BqKrNxbMKH9DGHgNmcim4pizo+2LdlOZdnYcVcARL/bX91vKwcZRq/QE6N 9mjhl8Y1Pz6KNjuWIvDV4Rf96SfLEHRto1wc8tj9nznIoPFRd0u3AcdEiTvTSq/3 li8XYSdJHs/VdCk+Aqi3Jf+N+tP8MulVkG7bXSJPrb6CCR87tpg889bnn+UXQCE6 82EgpNQRuEzsgtMdUTTisYZY2NzEJ9aSJwjcCgnsII6VmkSvLysp3RxGhy8ykMEB aTpQ8JawQ2GlpUKZ18D9RJhbe5IWNePtl9oEc3OguDYh7BATkSCSuTtQc7P7xUKk vpda7ZSwROhQMdl5MyhbFYeWUu65NHQDRfZvh5lx3AphRgJO8CA4ULnq17qA15KZ /j98oPj2QOsGWlg6u7C1RqAnXRxwpH0rg4bPsGc4d1UkOXsPdkOnN9gvutYl711l ra/mJFyqrBCdLEk3K0TT =CBYB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--