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From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs dropbox conflict
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:30:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gjubwpk8ckvb.fsf@W0144758.usac.mmm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ac4c2900-b84f-40e0-98cc-6407d0d32c41@googlegroups.com

Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> I was working in emacs with a colleague: Different locations -- file shared by dropbox
>
> Now we can set the backup to go somewhere outside the Dropbox directory
> However emacs also seems to create another file -- a link .#filename
> that causes some conflict
>
> Can emcas be setup to not have that file be in the same directory as the file being worked on?


Why would you want to do that?  That file is a marker to tell you that someone
is editing the file.  When done editing, doesn't that file go away?




  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-07-26 18:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-26 14:14 emacs dropbox conflict Rusi
2016-07-26 14:38 ` HASM
2016-07-26 18:30 ` J. David Boyd [this message]
     [not found] ` <mailman.2077.1469557866.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-27  3:04   ` Rusi

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