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
