Backups

"Marc Wilson" <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:46:59 -0700
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Has any thought been given to handling backups similarly to *mg*, rather=
 than sprinkling them all over the filesystem like *emacsen* do by defau=
lt?

BACKUP FILES
     Backup files have a =E2=80=98~=E2=80=99 character appended to the f=
ile name and are created in the current working
     directory by default.  Whether to create backup files or not can be=
 toggled with the make-backup-files
     command.  The backup file location can either be in the current wor=
king directory, or all backups can
     be moved to a ~/.mg.d directory where files retain their path name =
to retain uniqueness.  Use the
     backup-to-home-directory to alternate between these two locations. =
 Further, if any application creates
     backup files in /tmp, these can be left with the leave-tmpdir-backu=
ps command.

qemacs does the first, does not do the second.

Thanks!

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Marc Wilson
[email protected]

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ought been given to handling backups similarly to <b>mg</b>, rather than=
 sprinkling them all over the filesystem like <b>emacsen</b> do by defau=
lt?<br></div><div><br></div><div>BACKUP FILES<br></div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp; Backup files have a =E2=80=98~=E2=80=99 character appended =
to the file name and are created in the current working<br></div><div>&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; directory by default.&nbsp; Whether to create bac=
kup files or not can be toggled with the make-backup-files<br></div><div=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; command.&nbsp; The backup file location can ei=
ther be in the current working directory, or all backups can<br></div><d=
iv>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; be moved to a ~/.mg.d directory where files =
retain their path name to retain uniqueness.&nbsp; Use the<br></div><div=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; backup-to-home-directory to alternate between =
these two locations.&nbsp; Further, if any application creates<br></div>=
<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; backup files in /tmp, these can be left wi=
th the leave-tmpdir-backups command.<br></div><div><br></div><div>qemacs=
 does the first, does not do the second.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Th=
anks!<br></div><div><br></div><div id=3D"sig39065985"><div class=3D"sign=
ature">--&nbsp;<br></div><div class=3D"signature">Marc Wilson<br></div><=
div class=3D"signature"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">posguy99@g=
mail.com</a><br></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>
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