Emacs question

[tntcoder]

Hi,

Anyone know how to stop emacs making backup copies of edited files? i.e stop it making ~file.txt when editing file.txt.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[memyselfandi]

Try putting the following in your .emacs file:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1] ;; do not make backup files
(setq make-backup-files nil)

source: here

alternatively it looks like you can have Emacs store them all centrally:

[/SIZE][/FONT] ;; ========== Place Backup Files in Specific Directory ==========
;; Enable backup files.
(setq make-backup-files t)

;; Enable versioning with default values (keep five last versions, I think!)
(setq version-control t)

;; Save all backup file in this directory.
(setq backup-directory-alist (quote ((".*" . "~/.emacs_backups/"))))

source: here

(both sources have other customisations to)

 

[tntcoder]

thanks a lot