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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4...@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:12:52 -0700
Local: Thurs, Dec 14 2006 1:12 pm
Subject: Re: write-file like function help needed
keithv wrote: ,----[ C-h v version-control RET ] > I need help writing a function that works like write-file but > first modifies the file name by locating and incrementing > any numbers in the file name. For example, if the buffer > name is "test1.txt", repeatedly invoking this function > would save files with the names "test2.txt", "test3.txt", > "test4.txt", etc. > The goal being to keep all versions of a given file. > My elisp is rusty--I know how I would do the > Or better yet, is there a package out there | version-control is a variable defined in `files.el'. | Its value is nil | | Documentation: | *Control use of version numbers for backup files. | t means make numeric backup versions unconditionally. | nil means make them for files that have some already. | `never' means do not make them. | | You can customize this variable. | | [back] `---- -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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