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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Softsave (Re: UEmacs 3.10)
Keywords: UEmacs, file permissions
Message-ID: <6952@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 13 Nov 89 19:50:53 GMT
References: <440@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM> <1592@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <10325@j.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <10325@j.cc.purdue.edu> nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) writes:
> 	True, there are reasons for not using ssaving, but the worst
> that happens when using it is that the files get the wrong permissions,

So why not fix SSAVE? It's not like it's that hard to copy permissions
and the like to the new file. I can put up with screwey links. Given
that Emacs doesn't have the journalling capability that vi does, I'm
loath to give up ssave altogether.
-- 
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