RE: tlug: file names that end with ~

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Byrne <- 3Web <jq@example.com>> writes:

    Jonathan> On Thu, 14 May 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote: > > On
    Jonathan> 14-May-98 Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:

    >> If you do find the answer to disabling this, I'd love to hear
    >> about it.

    Jonathan> Hmm, that sounds like a case "you have to either hack
    Jonathan> the source code yourself or threaten the developers with
    Jonathan> death if they don't get rid of auto-save" :-)

If you can't configure something as simple as this in a GNU Emacs, the
developers won't need to be threatened with death, they'll jump off a
bridge from shame.

In GNU Emacs, if it can annoy you, it can be configured.  RTFM or ask
in an appropriate forum (eg, tlug or comp.emacs).

    Jonathan> Oh, well, I guess maybe we're stuck with it.

No; if it really can't be configured, it's a bug.

    Jonathan> The really ironic part is that I can think of some
    Jonathan> Windows 95 apps that are prone to crash without warning
    Jonathan> and which would really kind of be justified in
    Jonathan> auto-saving, but they don't even have it as an option.
    Jonathan> Go figure :-)

Love and user data are equally fragile and equally precious.  Users,
however, do not backup as a rule; the system should do it for them.
Unfortunately there's no similar simple preventative for broken hearts
;-)


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