Re: emacs without backup option

2000-11-16 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (robert_wilhelm_land) writes: rwl> Jay Ford wrote: >> >> > > Does someone know which option is regarded to avoid emacs from >> > > imediately creating a backup file by opening a new or any other >> > > file? Just a clarification: Emacs doesn't make a backup when yo

Re: emacs without backup option

2000-11-16 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Jay Ford wrote: > > > > Does someone know which option is regarded to avoid emacs from > > > imediately creating a backup file by opening a new or any other file? > > Put the following in ~/.emacs: > > (setq make-backup-files nil) ; Never create backup files > > It works for me. Just

Re: emacs without backup option

2000-11-15 Thread Daniel Freedman
Robert, I think you might be looking for something like: '(setq make-backup-files nil)' This is from memory, but it should provide a starting point. HTH, Daniel > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:57:51 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (robert_wilhelm_land) > To: debian-user > Subject: emacs withou

RE: emacs without backup option

2000-11-15 Thread Jay Ford
> > Does someone know which option is regarded to avoid emacs from > > imediately creating a backup file by opening a new or any other file? Put the following in ~/.emacs: (setq make-backup-files nil) ; Never create backup files It works for me.

RE: emacs without backup option

2000-11-15 Thread Lewis, James M.
> Does someone know which option is regarded to avoid emacs from > imediately creating a backup file by opening a new or any other file? > > > I did read the man page, but unfortunatly was not able to find the > appropiate parameter. > I haven't tried it but there is a variable called backup-i