I opened a feature request on the bug tracker for this topic, so I would suggest that all comments about implementation options and 'druthers be appended to that entry so that the developers can find them easily.
-dave Steven Michalske wrote: > I never liked a distro cleaning /tmp on boot, i always preferred > cleaning /tmp on shutdown. > > or at least tagging it on clean shutdown. and only deleting it on > reboot if the tag is there. > > i propose having the ability to configure the path for the backup > files. this way the default ./ can be changed to anything you want. > ./tmp > ~/tmp > ./.backups > ./.SMA ( Save My A$$ ) > > and everyone can be happy. > > Steve > > > On Dec 3, 2007 11:12 AM, Nathan Kohagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dave N6NZ said the following on 11/29/2007 06:56 PM: >> >> ... >> >>>> It may be possible to add an option not to make them though -- please file >>>> a >>>> feature request. >>> The OP suggested eliminating them. But while I agree with the OP that >>> they are obnoxious, I agree with you that they should exist. I will >>> file a feature request to make them unobstrusive. >>> >>> -dave >> Emacs and XEmacs allow one to specify where the backup files go. I think >> a good place for backup files is ~/tmp (a directory in my home >> directory). This directory will survive reboots unlike /tmp which for >> many people gets cleared during boot as other people have mentioned. >> >> --Nathan >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> geda-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >> > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
