On 13-12-03 19:30 Nick Dokos wrote:
> Alexander Baier <lexi.ba...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> I used to set up backup-directory-alist the same way you have, but
>> changed it, when I noticed emacs putting backups of files I edited as
>> root into that directory. That was something I did not want to do.
>>
>
> OK - I haven't lived with this setup long enough to know better.
>
> On another subject:
>
>> (setq backup-directory-alist
>> '(("/home/delexi/*" . "/home/delexi/.emacs.d/backup")))
>
> the docstring says that the car of each dotted pair in the alist is a
> regexp: I presume an emacs regexp, not a shell glob pattern. So the
> setting should be
>
> (setq backup-directory-alist '(("/home/delexi/.*" . "/some/dir")))
>
> - no?
>
> Nick
>
Yes, you are right. Although "/home/delexi/*" is a valid regexp, it
sure is not what I meant to express. As you said, "/home/delexi/.*" is
the way I wanted to go.
Thanks,
--
Alexander Baier
