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Re: Making a backup file on every buffer save?


From: Roy Smith
Subject: Re: Making a backup file on every buffer save?
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 20:01:45 -0000
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On May 2, 10:32 am, Alain Ketterlin <al...@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>
wrote:
> Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> writes:
> > The docs say:
>
> > "Emacs makes a backup for a file only the first time the file is
> > saved from a buffer.  No matter how many times you subsequently save
> > the file, its backup remains unchanged.  However, if you kill the
> > buffer and then visit the file again, a new backup file will be made."
>
> > Is there any way to override this and get a backup file on every
> > buffer save?  I'm using GNU Emacs 23.1.1.
>
> A few paragraphs later, the doc mentions that C-u C-u C-x C-s should do
> what you want (but I guess auto-save is supposed to solve the kind of
> problem you had). Or you can call make-backup explicitly.
>
> -- Alain.

Oh, duh.  I just didn't read far enough.  Thanks for pointing that
out!


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