Ralf Angeli <angeli(a)iwi.uni-sb.de&gt; writes: I know things take a long time out here, but here's finally a fix for this. Migration will now create a backup file of your .emacs if possible. (Leaving the old .emacs in place doesn't really work---migration either wants to replace it or know that it's been moved.) Will apply Saturday if nobody objects. 2007-08-09 Mike Sperber <mike(a)xemacs.org&gt; * startup.el (migrate-user-init-file): Create backup of `user-init-file' before migrating. * startup.el (maybe-migrate-user-init-file): Print information about backup file. (maybe-create-compatibility-dot-emacs): Follow above change. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla Index: lisp/startup.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/startup.el,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.59 startup.el --- lisp/startup.el 2 Aug 2007 06:37:53 -0000 1.59 +++ lisp/startup.el 9 Aug 2007 12:54:05 -0000 ＠＠ -880,43 +880,56 ＠＠ (yes-or-no-p-minibuf (concat "Migrate init file to " user-init-directory "? ")))) - (progn - (migrate-user-init-file) - (maybe-create-compatibility-dot-emacs)) - (customize-save-variable 'load-home-init-file t)))) -(defun maybe-create-compatibility-dot-emacs () - "Ask user if she wants to create a .emacs compatibility file." - (if (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer-name nil) - (progn - (princ "The initialization code has now been migrated to the ") - (princ user-init-directory) - (princ "directory. + (let ((backup (migrate-user-init-file))) + (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer-name nil) + (progn + (princ "The initialization code has now been migrated to the ") + (princ user-init-directory) + (princ "directory. For backwards compatibility with, for example, older versions of XEmacs, XEmacs can create a special old-style .emacs file in your home directory which will load the relocated initialization code.") - (show-temp-buffer-in-current-frame standard-output) - (yes-or-no-p-minibuf "Create compatibility .emacs? "))) + (if backup + (progn + (princ "\nMoreover, a backup of your old .emacs file was created as\n") + (princ backup) + (princ ".\n"))) + (show-temp-buffer-in-current-frame standard-output) + (maybe-create-compatibility-dot-emacs)))) + (customize-save-variable 'load-home-init-file t)))) + +(defun maybe-create-compatibility-dot-emacs () + "Ask user if she wants to create a .emacs compatibility file." + (if (yes-or-no-p-minibuf "Create compatibility .emacs? ") (create-compatibility-dot-emacs))) (defun migrate-user-init-file () - "Migrate the init file from the home directory." + "Migrate the init file from the home directory. +Return the name of backup file, if one was created." (interactive) (if (not (file-exists-p user-init-directory)) (progn (message "Creating %s directory..." user-init-directory) (make-directory user-init-directory))) (message "Migrating custom file...") - (customize-set-value 'load-home-init-file nil) - (custom-migrate-custom-file (make-custom-file-name user-init-file - 'force-new)) - (message "Moving init file...") - (let ((new-user-init-file (expand-file-name user-init-file-base - user-init-directory))) - (rename-file user-init-file new-user-init-file) - (setq user-init-file new-user-init-file)) - (message "Migration done.")) + (let* ((backup (concat user-init-file ".backup")) + (backup-p + (and (not (file-exists-p backup)) + (progn + (copy-file user-init-file backup) + t)))) + (customize-set-value 'load-home-init-file nil) + (custom-migrate-custom-file (make-custom-file-name user-init-file + 'force-new)) + (message "Moving init file...") + (let ((new-user-init-file (expand-file-name user-init-file-base + user-init-directory))) + (rename-file user-init-file new-user-init-file) + (setq user-init-file new-user-init-file)) + (message "Migration done.") + (and backup-p backup))) (defun create-compatibility-dot-emacs () "Create .emacs compatibility file for migrated setup." _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta