Re: editing symlinked files

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello, Christian!

> > It is configurable.  It the editor menu select Options -> Save
> > Mode. Quick Save keeps the symlink and changes the original
> > file.  Safe Save writes to a separate file and then replaces
> > the symlink with it.
>
> Thanks. "Quick Save" does the right job.
> But then I cannot use "Do backups" anymore, can I?

No, you cannot.  The idea of "Save Safe" and "Do backups" is that a new
file is created and the old file is not changed until the new file is
successfully written.  I don't see how this could be combined with using
symlinks.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin