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Quoting Kamaraju Kusumanchi <address@hidden>:

> > > I see a problem with the proposed feature to put backup files to a
> > > separate directory. Different files from different directories can
> > > have identical names, and the backup file from editing one of them can
> > > overwrite the backup file from another file.
> >
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> I have not imagined this problem when I first asked for that feature.
>
> FWIW, I have reported this suggestion at
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> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=16060

Emacs handles this by always appending the full path (using ! instead of / in
the pathnames) when it saves backup files into a common directory. It also has
options to save a certain number of old copies, and I don't remember all the
options.

Kris

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• store the backup files in a separate directory, Kamaraju Kusumanchi, 03/10/2006
  • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Henri Lesourd, 03/10/2006
    • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Andrey G. Grozin, 03/11/2006
      • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Henri Lesourd, 03/11/2006
        • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, David MENTRE, 03/11/2006
          • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Henri Lesourd, 03/11/2006
        • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Kamaraju Kusumanchi, 03/11/2006
          • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Kris Kuhlman, 03/11/2006
        • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Andrey G. Grozin, 03/12/2006
          • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Henri Lesourd, 03/12/2006
            • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, David MENTRE, 03/12/2006
              • Re: [TeXmacs] store the backup files in a separate directory, Kamaraju Kusumanchi, 03/12/2006

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