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"arthur.chereau" <arthur.chereau@voila.fr> writes:

> When I insert
>
> (setq backup-by-copying t)
>
> (require 'jka-compr)
> (auto-compression-mode 1)
>
> in my .emacs, the backup is still done by moving (inode,
> permissions, etc change) and there is no automatic decompression
> when I open a gzipped file.

Dunno about the backup, but is the gzipped file named *.gz?  I think
that auto-compression-mode looks at the filename.

kai
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