Re: say where attempt to write backup file was

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Whatever says "Cannot write backup file; backing up in %backup%~"
> should also say just where it was attempting to write the backup file,
> --but at the end of the message, so as not to go off the screen
> perhaps. Or at least in *Messages*.
>
> No, there are several possibilities of where this writing might be
> attempted, so no excuses :-)

If the echo area automatically accomodates long messages, couldn't the
absolute file name for both the original backup and the fallback be
displayed?  I.e. instead of this:

                     (setq backupname (expand-file-name
                                       (convert-standard-filename
                                        "~/%backup%~")))
                     (message "Cannot write backup file; backing up in %s"
                              (file-name-nondirectory backupname))

do this:

                     (message "Cannot write backup file %s; backing up in %s"
                              backupname
                              (setq backupname (expand-file-name
                                                (convert-standard-filename
                                                 "~/%backup%~"))))


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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA