On Saturday 17 January 2009 16:17:07 Ales Hvezda wrote:
> [snip]
>
> >I'm actually okay with leaving the backup & undo files where they are.
> > No-o= ne=20
> >seems to complain about Emacs keeping its backup/undo files in the same=20
> >directory as the file being edited. Doing this has the added advantage
> > that= =20
> >if gschem crashes, and then someone tries to open the schematic as
> > another= =20
> >user/from another machine, they will receive the "do you want to
> > recover"=20 dialog.
>
> "undo" not backup files (they are different). Backup files
> should stay where they are. Run gschem for a while and look in the
> /tmp directory. There you will find the undo files which over time
> tend to pollute /tmp (and aren't removed if gschem crashes).
>
Oh, right. I personally think that /tmp is the "Right Place" for undo files,
in that case, since they're (presumably) of very limited utility once the
session they "belong to" exits?
Peter
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Peter Brett
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