Re: [O] org-indent-mode corrupted most of a big org file

[Sebastien Vauban]

Nick Dokos,

Nick Dokos wrote:
> Alexander Baier <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I used to set up backup-directory-alist the same way you have, but
>> changed it, when I noticed emacs putting backups of files I edited as
>> root into that directory.  That was something I did not want to do.
>>
>
> OK - I haven't lived with this setup long enough to know better.
>
> On another subject:
>
>>   (setq backup-directory-alist 
>>             '(("/home/delexi/*" . "/home/delexi/.emacs.d/backup")))
>
> the docstring says that the car of each dotted pair in the alist is a
> regexp: I presume an emacs regexp, not a shell glob pattern. So the
> setting should be
>
> (setq backup-directory-alist '(("/home/delexi/.*" . "/some/dir")))
>
> - no?

Yes, I do have (for years) the following:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
    (setq backup-directory-alist
          '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/backups/")))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Emacs will `make-directory' it, if necessary.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban