prolonging the emacs discussion

[Price, Erik]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pll at lanminds.com [mailto:pll at lanminds.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:17 PM
> To: Jason Stephenson
> Cc: discuss at gnhlug.org
> Subject: Re: prolonging the emacs discussion 
> 
> I was interpreting the OP from the perspective that he had a similar 
> setup, and wished to collect all these files in one directory.
> I was unaware of the make-backup-files variable, which seems to 
> simply create a single backup file when the original is edited.
> 
> Can the OP (Erik?) clarify exactly the current state you're in?  Are 
> you currently using make-backup-files or version-control?
> (or do you have no idea :)

I was referring to the "single backup file" thing, as I am not
currently using a version control mechanism.

Though this thread has prompted me to consider it more seriously.
CVS seems to have the broadest support among other apps, including
both NetBeans which I use at work and BBEdit which I use at home.



Erik