From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Reviewing versioned backups
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:31:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YFm1XhDeY5mdCnRZ@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875z1ii7te.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
* Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> [2021-03-23 11:39]:
> On Monday, 22 Mar 2021 at 23:25, Jean Louis wrote:
> > I am using RCS and to review some previous version I do: `C-x v ~
> > VERSION-NUMBER` then I get full file visible in the buffer.
>
> I think the OP is using the simple backup file method built-in to Emacs,
> not a version control system, i.e. that files are backed up using a
> simple numbering scheme.
How do you do that?
My variable `make-backup-file' is T. But that I think does only a copy
with ~ on the end.
How do you enable backup files with simple numbering scheme from
default?
Of course it can be done with special customizations, but is there way
to do it with default variables in Emacs?
Jean
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-23 9:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-22 19:21 Reviewing versioned backups Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-22 20:25 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 8:38 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-03-23 9:31 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-03-23 9:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-23 10:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-23 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-23 15:49 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-23 9:56 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-03-23 11:55 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-23 12:36 ` John Yates
2021-03-23 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-24 8:47 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-24 11:05 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-24 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-26 5:50 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-03-28 0:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-28 9:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 0:36 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-30 9:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 9:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-30 10:03 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-30 10:16 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-30 23:41 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-03-31 1:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-31 6:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-31 13:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-03-31 14:00 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-01 15:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-01 19:44 ` Philip Kaludercic
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