Re: How to switch off autobackup for files loaded from tramp?

[Manuel Giraud]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>>>>> Manuel Giraud via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
>>>>>> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>:
>
>> But it won't help you for autosaves ;-).  You should read the
>> corresponding section in the Emacs manual.
>
> Thanks! I know the difference, just bad at terminology.

Ok :-)

> I have disabled backups everywhere since 1994, because there was a
>  sysadmin that hated the "~" files I dropped everyhwere I had edited
>  config files.

I used to do like you too but now I have this customization:

 '(backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.backups")))

and now all backups will end up into this directory.  Backups could save
yourself sometimes.

> But at least this gave me the incentive to google up why my 'C-h i' in
> my emacs on debian didn't have the emacs manual:
>  https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/48214
>
> So... after
>     apt install emacs-common-non-dfsg
> I can now read the emacs manual in the emacs info reader...

Good.  You are closer to your solution now ;-)
-- 
Manuel Giraud