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Re: [h-e-w] Offline files and delayed writing
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Stephen Leake |
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Re: [h-e-w] Offline files and delayed writing |
Date: |
03 Feb 2005 16:55:07 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
Brian Elmegaard <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Group
>
> I have an annoying problem with emacs on my laptop. All the files I
> work on are on a network drive, so when I am offline they are located
> in a compressed form in the CSC directory and the directories and
> files I see are their unzipped form.
>
> This gives me a problem when saving a file in emacs (and the matlab
> editor btw). When I press C-x C-s the file is saved, but the save is
> not immediately reflected in the directory listing. First the file has
> to compressed, then written onto the hard disk and after a while the
> directory is updated. This fools emacs to think that the file has been
> saved outside by another application.
It has!
> The file is reverted and the whole undo history is deleted.
You must have some sort of "auto-revert" feature turned on. Try
turning it off.
> Can this be avoided?
One solution is to use CVS to transfer the files between your local
drive and the network drive.
That's a little more complicated for you.
>
> tia,
> --
> Brian (remove the sport for mail)
> http://www.et.dtu.dk/staff/be/be.html
>
>
>
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-- Stephe