On 2004-07-07, John Duncan <agley@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know a way to set a separate directory for
> the backup files that Ved creates ?
>
> I know that backups can be turned off but I don't want to
> do that. I have started to use Ved as editor for Mutt and Slrn
> but the backup versions of the temporary files from Mutt tend
> to clobber my $HOME directory.
>
Not to worry. Although -vedautosave_preserve- takes a
directory string as an arg it is not quite what I was after. I
have assigned a directory under $HOME as tmpdir for Mutt and no
longer get unremovable filenames for Ved backup files.
All the best,
John Duncan
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