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From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: <ding@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: making more .newsrc.eld backups
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 12:25:57 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aa0nsptu.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d35l56mb.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Thu, 31 May 2012 12:14:52 +0800")

<jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

>>>>>> "RP" == Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> RP> kept-old-versions and kept-new-versions?
> Yes, but how does one set them differently for .newsrc.eld than I like
> their values for other files? I read (info "(emacs) Backup Deletion").
> Maybe I would place a local variable setting within .newsrc.eld but that
> seems rather dangerous, as that file is usually machine edited.
>
>

you could use directory local variables: (emacs) Directory Variables
assuming you place your .newsrc.eld file somewhere other than your home
directory...

-- 
: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.1.50.1 + Ma Gnus v0.6




      reply	other threads:[~2012-06-01  2:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-24  6:52 jidanni
2012-05-24  9:24 ` Robert Pluim
2012-05-31  4:14   ` jidanni
2012-06-01  2:55     ` Eric S Fraga [this message]

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