Re: [h-e-w] Save as?

[Ken Goldman]

I think the original poster have a valid question.

I use (C-x C-w) write-file, a lot, and as the docs say:

"This makes the buffer visit that file, and marks it as not modified."

I think what we're looking for is a single command that writes the
buffer with a new file name, but doesn't change the currently visited
buffer.

I.e., a single command, without all this cut and paste, firing up
dired, and so on.


> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:10:17 -0400
> From: Peter Davis <address@hidden>
> 
> I usually just open a new file of the name I want to use for "Save as
> ..", insert the old file, and save the result.  It's pretty simple
> and doesn't affect the other buffer at all.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 04:31:22PM +0100, Dr Francis J. Wright wrote:
> > From: "Morgan V. Cundiff" <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:56 PM
> > Subject: [h-e-w] Save as?
> > 
> > 
> > > How do you do a Save Buffer As without closing the current buffer and
> > > opening the "saved as" buffer? I want to be able to create a backup of the
> > > buffer I am working on (with a different file name) but I do not want
> > > anything else to happen.

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