* Russell L. Harris <rlharris@xxxxxxxxxx>, 2006-11-20 04:01:00 Mon:
> So, simply by saving the file occasionally during composition, the
> problem is solved.
Except that you get to keep many backup files; which may or may not be
a significant issue for you.
> I recall saving the file which I lost. So perhaps switching
> "tempdir" from the default value ("/tmp") to "~/.mutt/tmp" has
> something to do with the previous file loss?
Yes; emacs does not by default make backups of files in temporary
directories. This behavior is controlled by variables
backup-enable-predicate, temporary-file-directory, and
small-temporary-file-directory.
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David Haguenauer
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