From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Wales Subject: Re: a small remember suggestion Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:29:18 -0700 Message-ID: <20524da70903232029k74017cdcj655821e98f1613fc@mail.gmail.com> References: <20524da70903211228o8ef4b21pc9a287ecd923383c@mail.gmail.com> <7bef1f890903211425p1b1329ebxd42b3d7c1a3a77d7@mail.gmail.com> <7bef1f890903211901g29bbc680r1547319ec608e942@mail.gmail.com> <6E22B50C-E9E2-4F09-96EE-19F6BE4C7ABD@uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LlxKi-0005hP-Q8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:29:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LlxKe-0005h3-Fi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:29:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55859 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LlxKe-0005h0-6f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:29:40 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]:51716) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LlxKd-0007k2-Sb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:29:40 -0400 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j40so1401508wah.26 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:29:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6E22B50C-E9E2-4F09-96EE-19F6BE4C7ABD@uva.nl> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: org-mode On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 08:16, Carsten Dominik wro= te: > I have now added a variable `org-remember-backup-directory'. > Set this to a directory, and every remember buffer > you create will end up in a separate file, with date > and time in the file name, so that you can always recover. That is perfect. Thank you. > Note that, if you use remember frequently, you will create > a lot of these files. =A0So maybe we need to think of an expiry > mechanism? =A0Like, remove any files older than a few days? As one possibility, how about removing the file once the contents are successfully moved to their target locations? After that, (when (plusp number) (message "you have %s saved remember files" number)) --=20 Myalgic encephalomyelitis denialism is causing death (decades early; Jason et al. 2006) and severe suffering (worse than nearly all other diseases studied; e.g. Schweitzer et al. 1995) and grossly corrupting science. http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/What_Is_ME_What_Is_CFS.htm