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From: campo@sunthpi3.difi.unipi.it (Massimo Campostrini)
Subject: numbered backups & version-control
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 95 11:58:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9511031058.AA04463@sunthpi3.sunthpi> (raw)

I am a big fan of numbered backups (i.e. setting `version-control' to
`t').  I find it very useful for files I am editing.  

But it is really too much for files generated automatically, such as
`.newsrc.eld' and `.newsrc'.  rmail mode solves this by never making
numbered backups of mail files (by making `version-control' local to
the buffer and setting it to `never').

I would like a similar behavior from gnus (maybe as an option,
although I can't see anybody needing six old versions of `.newsrc.eld'
backed up).

It should be very easy to implement, probably I can implement it
myself :-)

Comments?


             reply	other threads:[~1995-11-03 10:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-11-03 10:58 Massimo Campostrini [this message]
1995-11-03 14:17 ` Luis Fernandes
1995-11-06 13:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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