From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Kirsh Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to stop saving these files Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 00:13:50 -0800 Organization: Department of Computer Science, UBC Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069661725 19082 80.91.224.253 (24 Nov 2003 08:15:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:15:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 24 09:15:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AOBsP-0003x8-00 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:15:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AOCpG-0005ML-IS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 04:16:10 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: cascade.cs.ubc.ca Original-X-Trace: mughi.cs.ubc.ca 1069661632 10467 142.103.7.7 (24 Nov 2003 08:13:52 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@cs.ubc.ca Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:13:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118582 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14524 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14524 Thanks, but I still can't figure out exactly what to change... Lowell Roodwriter@core.com wrote: > Lowell Kirsh wrote: > > >>emacs has been saving backup files in the same directory as the files >>that I edit. The backup files have names like Friends.java~1.8.~. How >>can I either >>a) stop emacs from creating theses backups at all? >>b) tell emacs to save them all in one place? >> >>Lowell > > > > a) On the menu bar click: Options > Customize Emacs > Top-Level > Customization Group > Files > Backup group > > --Rod > > --- > > Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answered for Practical Consumers" > and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at > http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html > > To reply by e-mail, take the extra "o" out of the name. >