> > 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. ________________________________________________________________________ Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505