[Aquamacs-devel] auta-save files cause Aquamacs to hang

[Pete Siemsen]

In my group at work, we share a Linux server that contains hundreds of  
files. We have many Windows users in the group, so we use SAMBA to  
share the filesystems on the server.  I SAMBA-mount the server's  
filesystems on my Mac.  I have no trouble accessing the files on the  
server, using paths that start with '/Volumes/'.

No problem, it's worked for years, except now I'm trying to stop using  
TextMate and start using Aquamacs.

Aquamacs wants to write auto-save files, with names that start with  
'.#', in the same directory as each file being edited.  Aquamacs is  
supposed to delete the auto-save files whenever I close the real  
file.  For some reason, it's not happening. The auto-save files aren't  
being deleted.  When I try to re-edit a file that has an auto-save  
file, Aquamacs lets me open it, but as soon as I try to modify the  
buffer, Aquamacs hangs.  I get the spinning ball of death and end up  
having to 'Force Quit' Aquamacs.  I can manually delete the auto-save  
file, restart Aquamacs, and edit the real file again.

-- Pete