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Re: emacs should warn before editing a backup~ file~
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: emacs should warn before editing a backup~ file~ |
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:20:49 GMT |
Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de (Roland Winkler) wrote:
> (defun toggle-read-only-backup ()
> "Make backup files read-only."
> (if (string-match "~$" buffer-file-name)
> (toggle-read-only 1)))
> (add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'toggle-read-only-backup)
Good idea, but the doc string is misleading: the file isn't made read
only, the buffer is. And it will work on nonstandard configurations if
you use backup-file-name-p instead of string-match.
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