From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ! in Dired--what was the outcome? Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:19 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87vfdgezro.fsf@jurta.org> <200410130301.i9D31GM02856@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097747833 804 80.91.229.6 (14 Oct 2004 09:57:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Johan Vromans , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 14 11:57:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CI2M8-0007Sg-00 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:57:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CI2TD-0008TJ-3k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:04:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CI2Si-0008R3-Ob for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CI2Sh-0008Ps-5e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:03:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CI2Sh-0008Po-23 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:03:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.202] (helo=tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CI2LZ-0001vL-Da; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:56:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.161] (may be forged)) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i9E9uOn27674; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i9E9uOv10349; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.17.201]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id i9E9uNx25890; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:23 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9E9uKZT001371; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:21 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mctpc71 (mctpc71.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp [10.30.118.121]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i9E9uJwt022478; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:19 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mctpc71 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 3BE764A6; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:56:19 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Andreas Schwab System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:45:33 +0200") Original-Lines: 13 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28384 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28384 Andreas Schwab writes: >> For example C-x C-s M-! cp {} {}.save RET before starting to make >> possibly hazardous changes... > > M-x copy-file I usually just use `find-alternate-file' (after saving): C-x C-v RET Which forces the backup system to start a new backup at that point. -Miles -- `Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'