From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9248 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joel Reicher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: auto backup files (ending with ~) stopped working. Why? Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:28:39 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services Message-ID: References: <1182948971.987938.129630@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183002032 27099 80.91.229.12 (28 Jun 2007 03:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:40:32 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 28 05:40:30 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I3krr-0004LZ-JQ for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:40:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3krr-00078z-5u for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:40:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!panix!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.9.138.184 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1183001319 61.9.138.184 (Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:28:39 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:28:39 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79432 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9248 Archived-At: 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