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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.emacs
- Subject: Re: How do I send file~ to the wastebasket directory?
- Date: 21 Aug 1992 05:19:46 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- References: <1992Aug20.192848.4860@fzi.de>
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- Keywords: file~
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- In article <1992Aug20.192848.4860@fzi.de> schreiber@fzi.de writes:
- >Is there a way to tell emacs, to create all ~-files in a special
- >directory "wastebasket", which I can delete from time to time?
-
- You can redefine the function make-backup-file-name. In fact, the
- documentation specifically encourages this, saying: "This is a separate
- function so you can redefine it for customization."
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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