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| author | Robin Haberkorn <rhaberkorn@fmsbw.de> | 2025-12-19 23:25:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Robin Haberkorn <rhaberkorn@fmsbw.de> | 2025-12-19 23:25:48 +0100 |
| commit | 2592ef74ab2eba57c32fe21993ce01e9698b106f (patch) | |
| tree | b733680e79aab862c0ba748bb91016a752c8773a /doc | |
| parent | 714875f3c0c22ed01a8e777755b281c97f2b52b8 (diff) | |
fixup: renamed "backups" to "recovery files"
* Other editors call "backup files" previous copies of saved files.
This role would be served by savepoint files in SciTECO.
* Likewise filename~ would point to such a backup file.
It therefore makes sense that savepoint files also end in tildes (.teco-n-filename~).
* Security copies of modified buffers would be called "auto-saves" (Emacs) or
"swap files" (Vim).
Both of these terms is IMHO misleading, so SciTECO now uses the
term "recovery file".
* "Recovery files" are now named #filename# just like in Emacs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sciteco.1.in | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sciteco.1.in b/doc/sciteco.1.in index 0370c50..e47ca93 100644 --- a/doc/sciteco.1.in +++ b/doc/sciteco.1.in @@ -450,20 +450,22 @@ and opening files specified on the command line. .B $SCITECOPATH/*.tes Standard library macros. .TP -.SCITECO_TOPIC backup -.IB filename ~ -Backup file: -After a configurable backup interval (5 minutes by default) -\*(ST backs up all modified buffers, that have not been backed up -previously. -These files should be ignored by version control systems. +.BI # filename # +Recovery file: +After a configurable recovery interval \*(ST dumps up all modified buffers +(unsaved changes), that have not been dumped previously. +These files should be ignored by version control systems and may +be left around after crashes and unexpected restarts. +See \fB6EJ\fP for more details. .TP -.SCITECO_TOPIC savepoint +.SCITECO_TOPIC savepoint backup .BI .teco- n - filename ~ Save point files created by \*(ST when saving files during interactive execution have this format. On Windows, these files have the hidden attribute set. -Savepoint files are temporary and should be ignored by version +They are internally used when rubbing out file saves +and are conceptually similar to backup files in other editors. +However they are temporary and should be ignored by version control systems, etc. .TP .SCITECO_TOPIC ".teco_session" session |