Re: Stopping Emacs from leaving ~ files

[Jason Earl]

"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@kemisten.nu> writes:

>    This is hopefully a simple question, but I've been unable to
>    discover how to do it.
>
> Did you read the Emacs manual?
>
>    How does one configure emacs so it will stop leaving ~ files
>    around?
>
>>From (emacs)Backup:
>
>    For most files, the variable `make-backup-files' determines
> whether to make backup files.  On most operating systems, its
> default value is `t', so that Emacs does write backup files.

Another possible solution is to check out the variable
backup-directory-alist (C-h v backup-directory-alist).  This allows
you to save your "backup" files in a central place.

Jason