Re: [gmane.emacs.bugs] Emacs fails to start properly if the current working directory is on a vfat or ntfs filesystem

[Richard Stallman]

    > Isn't that sort of dangerous?  If Emacs only uses characters which are
    > _garanteed_ to work on any no matter how stupid, that would seem to
    > dramatically increase the chances of a clash with a real filename...

    A good reason to save those non-file-buffers in a separate directory.

There are disadvantages to that.

If that separate directory is under the user's home dir, other people
who can edit the same file will have trouble finding it.

It could be under the same directory as the file being edited,
but that involves creating a directory for this under each directory
where you edit files.

It is a good option to offer, but I don't think it should be the default.