On Thu, 2005-09-06 at 13:55 +0900, Mark Sargent wrote: > when opening files with either gedit(hardly use it) or bluefish(use it > regularly), making changes, and saving, they create a 2nd file, same > name, with a ~ appended. This means duplicate files. How can I get the > apps to stop doing this.? Cheers. Those aren't duplicate files, they are backups. When you save a file the original is saved as a backup in case you need to undo your changes.