On Thu, Nov 19 2020 at 12:30:59 PM, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:34 AM Eric S Fraga <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 19 Nov 2020 at 09:49, o1bigtenor wrote: >> > The 'TL;DR' brought a smile to my face. >> >> ;-) >> >> > This kind of function just isn't in text editors >> >> Well, this isn't quite true. Emacs will create backup files when you >> edit one and you can ask Emacs to create new backups every time you save >> the file. These backup files will be numbered and you can specify how >> many such backups to keep. But using Emacs may not be what you would >> like to do... >> > When I first started using linux vi was recommended. > 'm sorta comfortable with it but need a cheat sheet - - - a LOT! > > Tried emacs - - - - my mentor suggested not to but it was his go > to - - - - boy was I out in the weeds and it seemed everything I tried > made it more difficult. > Today I use geany as an editor - - - its not for a purist but its handy > and I love the search function. (just have not been able to get that working > in either of vi nor emacs which is one reason why emacs got pitched!) > > So - - - I'd bet this procedure in emacs is hard coded - - -yes? > > Sigh - - - - still back to looking for unobtanium I think. >
Perhaps the Save Actions plugin mentioned on https://wiki.geany.org/config/all_you_never_wanted_to_know_about_file_saving will be of use to you. -- regards, kushal -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/878saw8vsm.fsf%40copper.locationd.net.
