From: Neil Jerram <neiljerram@gmail.com>
To: "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
Subject: Re: backup of abbrev_defs
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:41:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKuG=vsDAkN39ToCnGReEOba7XbzpPCV=31PmejOxa9UVq6ZLg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tv5x51rf.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 2019, 11:10 Fraga, Eric, <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 at 11:02, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > I've tried using a symlink to the file held in another directory, but
> > when I restarted emacs the symlink wasn't followed and it created a new
> > abbrev_def file from somewhere, I don't know where.
>
> This is strange. I have my .abbrev_defs symlinked to elsewhere and it
> works just fine. I've been doing this for years, probably from emacs
> v22 onwards (but that's just a guess).
>
> To answer your original question, I use version control (e.g. src or
> git) to manage that file along with other dotfiles.
>
Likewise; I symlink from ~/.emacs to the real .emacs in my git-managed
repo, and that has been working well for me.
Best wishes,
Neil
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2019-12-18 11:02 backup of abbrev_defs Sharon Kimble
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