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From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
Subject: Re: export to latex, make-backup-files, vc-make-backup-files
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:22:11 +0200
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>>> "FE" == Fraga, Eric <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Friday, 21 Jun 2019 at 14:24, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> I even set in my orgfile 
>> 
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp 
>> (set (make-local-variable 'make-backup-files) nil)
>> #+END_SRC

> but this will not affect the setting of that variable for the .tex file,
> only the current org file where you execute this lisp code, which is why
> you get the backup copy being made.

But the .tex file is under VC control, so no backup copy should be made,
since
vc-make-backup-files nil
(but that may only apply I make in the file)

Do you have any idea how to avoid the creation of the backup files,
without setting the make-backup-files variable globally to nil.