* What if backup-enable-predicate is nil?
@ 2007-01-04 17:27 Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-04 22:34 ` Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2007-01-04 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
ELISP> (let ((backup-enable-predicate nil))
(find-file-noselect "~/.emacs.el"))
*** Eval error *** Symbol's function definition is void: nil
which makes sense, but the docstring for `backup-enable-predicate'
does not imply that it couldn't be nil.
Perhaps the following patch should be committed (or the docstring for
`backup-enable-predicate' clarified).
/L/e/k/t/u
Index: lisp/files.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el,v
retrieving revision 1.875
diff -u -2 -r1.875 files.el
--- lisp/files.el 2 Jan 2007 01:26:20 -0000 1.875
+++ lisp/files.el 4 Jan 2007 17:22:00 -0000
@@ -1651,5 +1651,6 @@
;; Turn off backup files for certain file names. Since
;; this is a permanent local, the major mode won't eliminate it.
- (and (not (funcall backup-enable-predicate buffer-file-name))
+ (and backup-enable-predicate
+ (not (funcall backup-enable-predicate buffer-file-name))
(progn
(make-local-variable 'backup-inhibited)
@@ -2905,4 +2906,5 @@
;; Since this is a permanent local, the major mode won't eliminate it.
(and buffer-file-name
+ backup-enable-predicate
(not (funcall backup-enable-predicate buffer-file-name))
(progn
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* Re: What if backup-enable-predicate is nil?
2007-01-04 17:27 What if backup-enable-predicate is nil? Juanma Barranquero
@ 2007-01-04 22:34 ` Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-01-04 22:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
I installed your patch. Thanks.
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