From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: org-indent-mode corrupted most of a big org file Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:43:31 -0500 Message-ID: <87eh5t4ypo.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> References: <8738mb2rhq.fsf@gmail.com> <87y542147z.fsf@gmail.com> <529E1399.7040204@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36136) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vnu0o-000260-Fb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:44:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vnu0h-0000Zz-0T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:43:54 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40476) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vnu0g-0000Z8-Pm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:43:46 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vnu0f-0007zu-SH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:43:45 +0100 Received: from pool-108-7-96-134.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([108.7.96.134]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:43:45 +0100 Received: from ndokos by pool-108-7-96-134.bstnma.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:43:45 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Johann Spies writes: > Hello Alexander, > > Thanks for your attention. >> >> that is strange. I cannot remember doing something else besides putting >> the mentioned code into my init file. I can only think of these >> "trivial" reason why this does not work for you: >> >> - Did you evaluate the code or restarted your emacs? > > Yes, I killed emacs (daemon) and restarted it. How do you evaluate > (reload) ~/.emacs from emacs running? > >> - Are the files you are editing somewhere under /home/js/? > > Yes: in /home/js/DropBox/orgmode and then /home/js/.emacs > >> - Did you really edit and save a file since adding the code to your init >> file? > Yes > >> - In case you are editing files under version control: Did you turn on >> vc-make-backup-files? > > None of those files are under version control. > > I have done this on two computers - at work (the earlier message) and home. > The docstring for backup-directory-alist says ,---- | For the common case of all backups going into one directory, the alist | should contain a single element pairing "." with the appropriate | directory name. `---- FWIW, I tried (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "/home/nick/.emacs.d/backup-dir"))) and it seems to work. I don't remember if I had to create the backup-dir beforehand. Nick