Re: Temporary notes in Emacs buffers?

[Michael Heerdegen]

John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org> writes:

> An approach not yet mentioned is including some form of
> UUID as a file local variable.  In such a setting notes
> indirect through a persistent UUID-to-path map.  A file
> handler recognizes relevant operations on UUID annotated
> and updates the map.  This might also include updating
> the new copy's UUID to preserve uniqueness.

But Emacs would have to prompt, because if the copy is meant as backup,
the UUID shouldn't be changed.  And if I happen to not use Emacs (but
e.g. rsync) those handlers would not run, right?

Michael.