From: Joel Reicher <joel@panacea.null.org>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: auto backup files (ending with ~) stopped working. Why?
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:28:39 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rn7ipozriw.fsf@succubus.panacea.null.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1182948971.987938.129630@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
linuxlover992000@yahoo.com writes:
> I was happily editing some text files using emacs when I suddenly
> noticed that it does not automatically create the famous ~ backup
> files for them.
>
> I swear that I did not touch .emacs anytime recently. Yet, the sudden
> disappearance of this useful feature occured only last night.
>
> What could be the possible explanation(s) for such strange behavior?
> Is it possible that I mistakenly hit some key combination that turned
> off that feature forever? If so, how do I restore it?
You should ask in gnu.emacs.help. This newsgroup is for the newsreader
Gnus.
They might need more information than what you've provided here
though, unless the problem is familiar. Perhaps post your .emacs file,
even though you believe it hasn't changed.
Cheers,
- Joel
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