From 6355c7dd73bbcd0faf7b2c450fd679cedcbcdebc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eivind Fonn Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:36:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add FAQ about lockfiles --- doc/FAQ.org | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/FAQ.org b/doc/FAQ.org index 908719e10..3cf1619b2 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.org +++ b/doc/FAQ.org @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ - [[Why does my color theme not render correctly in terminal mode?][Why does my color theme not render correctly in terminal mode?]] - [[Why do I get =(wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)= errors on startup?][Why do I get =(wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)= errors on startup?]] - [[Typing quickly =fd= takes me out of =insert state=. What is going on?][Typing quickly =fd= takes me out of =insert state=. What is going on?]] + - [[Why do I get files starting with .#?][Why do I get files starting with .#?]] - [[How do I...][How do I...]] - [[Install a package not provided by a layer?][Install a package not provided by a layer?]] - [[Disable a package completely?][Disable a package completely?]] @@ -174,6 +175,15 @@ more information. If you don't like this feature, you can deactivate it by adding =evil-escape= to =dotspacemacs-excluded-packages= in your init file. +** Why do I get files starting with .#? +These are lockfiles, created by Emacs to prevent editing conflicts which occur +when the same file is edited simultaneously by two different programs. To +disable this behaviour: + +#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +(setq create-lockfiles nil) +#+END_SRC + * How do I... ** Install a package not provided by a layer? Spacemacs provides a variable in the =dotspacemacs/layers= function in