On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 01:52:35PM +0530, Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > I have faced a strange prob. in woody. whenever I modified any file the > previous contents is backedup with a *~* sign and the modified one is saved > with the actual name.
Yes, that's the default behavior for vim. I imagine that it's also the default for emacs and xemacs, but I'm not going to install them just to find out. > plz suggest me how to stop the generation of this second back-up file. You mean first backup file, don't you? In vim, see ':he backup'. -- Marc Wilson | I love treason but hate a traitor. -- Gaius Julius [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Caesar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
