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bug#56291: 29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file
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Mike Kupfer |
Subject: |
bug#56291: 29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:17:35 -0700 |
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: 56291@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu>
> > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:38:28 -0700
> >
> > Fair enough. How about
> >
> > The usual way to set this variable is globally, through your init
> > file or the customization buffer. However, you can set
> > ‘version-control’ locally in an individual buffer to control the
> > making of backups for that buffer’s file (*note Locals::). Some
> > packages, such as Rmail, override the global setting of
> > ‘version-control’ this way. You can also have Emacs set
> > ‘version-control’ locally whenever you visit a given file (*note File
> > Variables::).
> >
> > ?
>
> The point of the example is to illustrate the local setting of the
> variable, so talking about packages that set the global value misses
> the point, and shouldn't be there. If Rmail is a bad example, then we
> should find a better one, and mention only those.
Okay, I guess "override the global setting" is too confusing. Rmail
only sets it locally. Does this work better:
The usual way to set this variable is globally, through your init
file or the customization buffer. However, you can set
‘version-control’ locally in an individual buffer to control the
making of backups for that buffer’s file (*note Locals::). Some
packages, such as Rmail, do this. You can also have Emacs set
‘version-control’ locally whenever you visit a given file (*note
File Variables::).
?
mike