backup files from editor

2009-03-05 Thread prad
editors can produce backup files - eg emacs adds a ~ to the backup file. the backup file keeps getting changed as you make changes to the original so you i'm wondering what the point of them is. i turn off backups (so my directory doesn't fill up with ~ files), but then i also don't space things

Re: backup files from editor

2009-03-05 Thread Grünewald Michaël
Hi prad, Le 5 mars 09 à 09:15, prad a écrit : editors can produce backup files - eg emacs adds a ~ to the backup file. the backup file keeps getting changed as you make changes to the original so you i'm wondering what the point of them is. Please refer to the Emacs manual (info m Emacs) to