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Re: backup of abbrev_defs
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Fraga, Eric |
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Re: backup of abbrev_defs |
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Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:09:09 +0000 |
On Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 at 11:02, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I've tried using a symlink to the file held in another directory, but
> when I restarted emacs the symlink wasn't followed and it created a new
> abbrev_def file from somewhere, I don't know where.
This is strange. I have my .abbrev_defs symlinked to elsewhere and it
works just fine. I've been doing this for years, probably from emacs
v22 onwards (but that's just a guess).
To answer your original question, I use version control (e.g. src or
git) to manage that file along with other dotfiles.
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Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.3-34-g2eee3c