Re: backup of abbrev_defs

2019-12-18 Thread Neil Jerram
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019, 11:10 Fraga, Eric, wrote: > On Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 at 11:02, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I've tried using a symlink to the file held in another directory, but > > when I restarted emacs the symlink wasn't followed and it created a new > > abbrev_def file from somewhere, I don

Re: backup of abbrev_defs

2019-12-18 Thread Fraga, Eric
On Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 at 11:02, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've tried using a symlink to the file held in another directory, but > when I restarted emacs the symlink wasn't followed and it created a new > abbrev_def file from somewhere, I don't know where. This is strange. I have my .abbrev_defs

backup of abbrev_defs

2019-12-18 Thread Sharon Kimble
This is slightly off topic but I really need some help. How can I reliably backup my abbrev_defs file along with my usual backups of my org files, every time that it is saved with a new addition please? I've tried using a symlink to the file held in another directory, but when I restarted emacs