Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?

[tyler <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>]

tyler <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca> writes:

> 明覺 <shi.minjue@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I know that emacs auto save a file named filename~ when I modified the
>> file filename, but I do not like the autosaved copy, could i stop this
>> function? thanks
>
> Set auto-save-default to nil, as explained in the Emacs manual:
>
> (info "(emacs)Auto Save Control")
>
> Adding
>
> (setq auto-save-default nil)
>
> to your .emacs will do this automatically.
>

Oops! My mistake - this will turn off the auto-save feature, but what
you were asking about was the backup feature, which is something
different. It's controlled the same way though:

(setq make-backup-files nil)

Details here:

(info "(emacs)Backup")

Cheers,

Tyler

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