Re: backup dired marks

[Juanma Barranquero]

> In the effort to protect the user from losing any of his work, some
> optional warning upon quitting emacs, or even keeping a #backup# might
> be offered, for someone who has made a lot of intricate marks in a
> dired buffer.

Other than having in your .emacs something like that?

(defun protect-dired-buffer ()
  "Ask before exiting Emacs to protect dired buffers."
  (interactive)
  (prog1
      (or (not (buffer-modified-p))
          (y-or-n-p (format "Dired buffer %s modified, do you want to exit " 
(buffer-name))))
    (message nil)))

(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
          #'(lambda ()
              (add-hook 'kill-emacs-query-functions
                        'protect-dired-buffer
                        nil
                        t)))


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