Can Emacs save a file to more than one place at the same time?

Can Emacs save a file to more than one place at the same time?

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi all,

I'd like to have more than one copy of the exact same file.  It would be
best if I could just edit a buffer and hit `C-x C-s` to get its contents
saved to more than one file.  I'm almost sure there is no such thing in
core Emacs, and I think coding this myself would be pretty easy (the
most difficult part would be obviously the UI).  But maybe someone
already did it and there's a package for that?

TIA,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl

Re: Can Emacs save a file to more than one place at the same time?

[Thibaut Verron]

Hi,

Is there any reason why using links would not be practical in your 
workflow?

Best wishes,

Thibaut


On 28/02/2023 12:23, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to have more than one copy of the exact same file.  It would be
> best if I could just edit a buffer and hit `C-x C-s` to get its contents
> saved to more than one file.  I'm almost sure there is no such thing in
> core Emacs, and I think coding this myself would be pretty easy (the
> most difficult part would be obviously the UI).  But maybe someone
> already did it and there's a package for that?
>
> TIA,
>

Re: Can Emacs save a file to more than one place at the same time?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2023-02-28, at 13:17, Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any reason why using links would not be practical in your
> workflow?

Good point, I didn't think about links.  Still, they would be of no use
to me, since my imagined use-case involves editing files on different
machines (via TRAMP).

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl

Re: Can Emacs save a file to more than one place at the same time?

[Michael Albinus]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

Hi,

>> Is there any reason why using links would not be practical in your
>> workflow?
>
> Good point, I didn't think about links.  Still, they would be of no use
> to me, since my imagined use-case involves editing files on different
> machines (via TRAMP).

Likely, shadowfile.el is what you look for.

> Best,

Best regards, Michael.

Re: Can Emacs save a file to more than one place at the same time?

[tomas]

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On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 02:52:01PM +0100, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >> Is there any reason why using links would not be practical in your
> >> workflow?
> >
> > Good point, I didn't think about links.  Still, they would be of no use
> > to me, since my imagined use-case involves editing files on different
> > machines (via TRAMP).
> 
> Likely, shadowfile.el is what you look for.

Not the OP, but thanks :)

Cheers
-- 
t

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