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bug#30407: dired-diff ignores backup-directory-alist
From: |
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson |
Subject: |
bug#30407: dired-diff ignores backup-directory-alist |
Date: |
Sat, 10 Feb 2018 06:53:47 +0800 |
dired-diff prompts with
Diff p with (default !home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~):
~/org/debconf/ #WRONG
Diff p with (default ~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~):
~/org/debconf/ #Correct
when in .emacs the user does
(setq
auto-save-list-file-prefix "~/.backups/.saves-";less clutter in $HOME
backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.backups/"))
backup-by-copying-when-linked t ;don't destroy other hard links
backup-by-copying-when-mismatch t)
It correctly detects that we are already at version ~8~ in that faraway
directory, but then it forgets to add the prefix to the default.
It then prompts with a non-existent wrong file doomed to fail if the
user hits RET.
Also using M-n, M-p do not make the default that it shows available to
the user to edit.
In fact the total correct prompt should probably look like one of
Diff p with (default ~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~): ~/.backups/
Diff p with (default ~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~):
~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~
Diff p with: ~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~
The idea being that the user can easily change
Diff p with: ~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~8~ to
Diff p with: ~/.backups/!home!jidanni!org!debconf!p.~7~ etc.
emacs-version "25.2.2" and I do recall I reported something similar
years ago...
- bug#30407: dired-diff ignores backup-directory-alist,
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <=