Re: message preservation in composition buffer
* David Haguenauer <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [061121 13:52]:
> * 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.
Not a problem here. Besides, I only do this for vital correspondence.
> > 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.
Many thanks for clearing up this mystery, David.
RLH