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I always disable those auto-backup-files features in any editor I use. Never understood why that was the default-on for so many editors.
by shevy-java 7mo ago
I always disable those auto-backup-files features in any editor I use. Never understood why that was the default-on for so many editors.
- k_bx 7mo agoI do too, it’s just that I’ve realised that emacs-nox is awesome container / vm editor out of the box, this backup thing is the only most annoying part (and Ubuntu 22.04 emacs packages expired cert)
- bandrami 7mo agoIt made more sense when running editors over tenuous telnet connections was more common
- dhosek 7mo agoThe kids really have no idea how tenuous computing in general was back in the olden days. Some of the stability issues in the 20th century translated to modern systems would be akin to black smoke coming out of your computer if you happened to have the wrong two programs running at the same time.
- anthk 7mo agoI am no kid but screen(1) dates back to 1987 and any wise sysadmin would put that advice on every ~/.login or /etc/motd so the user could run 'screen' at login, some keybinding to detach screen(1) and 'screen -r' on coming back by telnet.
- dhosek 7mo agoI never used screen back in the day (I was primarily a VMS guy then), but that man page is one of the best-written man pages I’ve come across: informative, friendly and just the right level of detail.
- imiric 7mo agoIt can be handy. It gives you an additional safety net on top of the VCS that runs automatically in the background. It doesn't take much to configure it to your liking, e.g. [1]. [1]: https://gist.github.com/imiric/812398910c59cf00ab43d9172fe42cc9 https://gist.github.com/imiric/812398910c59cf00ab43d9172fe42...