Use GNU Emacs - Hackdot

Re:Use GNU Emacs by chucksmash on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:51AM (#35008879)

> I use a stock install and I never even touch the .emacs file.

Not even to centralize the `backup.foo~` and `#auto-save.foo#` files that emacs loves to litter the file system with? I can't wrap my mind around it.

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Re:Use GNU Emacs by otabdeveloper4 on Friday March 03, 2023 @08:17AM (#35009169)

I don't mind the backup files. And once in a blue moon they're useful.

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Re:Use GNU Emacs by dmd on Friday March 03, 2023 @08:26AM (#35009262)

Yes, but they're more useful in a central location.

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Re:Use GNU Emacs by hirvi74 on Friday March 03, 2023 @06:11PM (#35016274)

So, put them all in a central location. It's very doable, for I have this very thing in my config.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BackupDirectory

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Re:Use GNU Emacs by dmd on Friday March 03, 2023 @06:17PM (#35016320)

Exactly. Did you miss the gp comment?

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Re:Use GNU Emacs by lkjdsklf on Friday March 03, 2023 @11:51AM (#35012017)

I find it fun to find random poop.cpp~ from 5 years ago in some random place on the filesystem. It's like discovering buried treasure. Who knows what's in there? Could be anything!

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