Ok, thanks guys, that helps to get an explanation. And yes I will google next time but really had no idea since I thought it was a filesystem issue or something. Glad it's nothing serious. :) Cheers Marc On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:24:39 -0500, Deron Meranda <deron.meranda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:08:29 -0800, jdow <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: "Marc M" <linuxr@xxxxxxxxx> > > This is the way some editors, such as vi, leave backup files when you > > edit a file. > > I believe emacs started the practice of tilde-backups...and it can > even do numbered tilde backups too ;) > > Having editors save them or not depends on the editor. As you > said you're using gedit, go to File -> Preferences. Under the > Editor tab is a File Saving section. Uncheck the > "Create a backup copy of files before saving". > > Do be warned though that this can make you less safe. For > instance if your disk fills when you're halfway writing a new > file. > > Under emacs, look at the customization variable version-control. > Or do a help on the save-buffer command (Control-H d save-buffer) > > -- > Deron Meranda >
