Dan Jacobson wrote:
Whatever says "Cannot write backup file; backing up in %backup%~"
should also say just where it was attempting to write the backup file,
--but at the end of the message, so as not to go off the screen
perhaps. Or at least in *Messages*.
No, there are several possibilities of where this writing might be
attempted, so no excuses :-)
If the echo area automatically accomodates long messages, couldn't the
absolute file name for both the original backup and the fallback be
displayed? I.e. instead of this:
(setq backupname (expand-file-name
(convert-standard-filename
"~/%backup%~")))
(message "Cannot write backup file; backing up in %s"
(file-name-nondirectory backupname))
do this:
(message "Cannot write backup file %s; backing up in %s"
backupname
(setq backupname (expand-file-name
(convert-standard-filename
"~/%backup%~"))))
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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