Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!BBN.COM!gildea From: gildea@BBN.COM (Stephen Gildea) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: backup-by-copying-when-linked default Message-ID: <8812202206.AA00643@prep.ai.mit.edu> Date: 20 Dec 88 18:07:00 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 5 I notice that the variable backup-by-copying-when-linked is set to nil by default. I can't think of any cases where you would not want this to be t. Can someone enlighten me? Or is this a bug? < Stephen