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From: wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Gnu backup files
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Date: 5 Jan 88 02:00:00 GMT
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You might try adding (setq buffer-backed-up t) to find-file-hooks. I
have a nosave mode I use when looking at large logfiles on crowded
filesystems that uses this.

  "I think you should kill him and eat his brain," Mr. Frostee said quickly.
  "That's not the answer to *every* problem in interpersonal relations,"
Cobb said.				*Software*, Rudy Rucker
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