Hello Nick,
On 13-12-03 18:43 Nick Dokos wrote:
[...]
>
> The docstring for backup-directory-alist says
>
> ,----
> | For the common case of all backups going into one directory, the alist
> | should contain a single element pairing "." with the appropriate
> | directory name.
> `----
>
> FWIW, I tried
>
> (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "/home/nick/.emacs.d/backup-dir")))
>
> and it seems to work. I don't remember if I had to create the backup-dir
> beforehand.
>
> Nick
>
I used to set up backup-directory-alist the same way you have, but
changed it, when I noticed emacs putting backups of files I edited as
root into that directory. That was something I did not want to do.
Regards,
--
Alexander Baier
