Index: src/plug_io.c
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--- src/plug_io.c	(revision 16976)
+++ src/plug_io.c	(revision 16977)
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
 
 /* file save, load, merge ... routines */
 
-#warning TODO: do not hardwire this, make a function to decide
-#define DEFAULT_FMT "pcb"
+/* If emergency format is not configured but emergency file name is, default
+   to saving in the native format */
+#define DEFAULT_EMERGENCY_FMT "lihata"
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "conf_core.h"
@@ -819,7 +820,7 @@
 
 	/* memory might have been released before this function is called */
 	if (PCB && PCB->Changed && (conf_core.rc.emergency_name != NULL) && (*conf_core.rc.emergency_name != '\0')) {
-		const char *fmt = conf_core.rc.emergency_format == NULL ? DEFAULT_FMT : conf_core.rc.emergency_format;
+		const char *fmt = conf_core.rc.emergency_format == NULL ? DEFAULT_EMERGENCY_FMT : conf_core.rc.emergency_format;
 		sprintf(filename, conf_core.rc.emergency_name, (long int)pcb_getpid());
 		pcb_message(PCB_MSG_INFO, _("Trying to save your layout in '%s'\n"), filename);
 		pcb_write_pcb_file(filename, pcb_true, fmt, pcb_true, pcb_false);