[comp.emacs] A beginner needs some help.

larryg@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Larry Gillespie) (02/28/88)

I am a new user to GNU Emacs.  Being quite comfortable with vi, I have made
use of the vip-mode available for GNU Emacs, but I have a problem.  With no
documentation, I haven't been able to figure out how to keep the Emacs editor
from using backup files, which I don't like to have around.  Is there a way of
forcing Emacs to refrain from backup file creation, or if not, a method of
automatic deletion upon exit?  I'd like to make this the default way that
Emacs works when I use it.

Any hints?

Also, I would like to get the latest version of the vip-mode (vip.el).  I am
using version 2.7 (Feb. 10, 1987).  If I am out of date, could someone send
me the latest version via e-mail?

Thanks in advance.

-Larry Gillespie

{sun, varian, ucbvax, lll-crg, ihnp4}!zehntel!zinfandel!larryg

bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (03/01/88)

In article <428@zehntel.UUCP> larryg@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Larry Gillespie) writes:
>Is there a way of forcing Emacs to refrain from backup file creation...

Add the following to your ~/.emacs:

(setq make-backup-files nil)
-=-
 Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science
 The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
 bob@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!bob

msb@ho5cad.ATT.COM (03/02/88)

In article <428@zehntel.UUCP> larryg@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Larry Gillespie) writes:
> I am a new user to GNU Emacs.  Being quite comfortable with vi, I have
> made use of the vip-mode available for GNU Emacs, but I have a
> problem.  With no documentation, I haven't been able to figure out how
> to keep the Emacs editor from using backup files, which I don't like
> to have around.  Is there a way of forcing Emacs to refrain from
> backup file creation, or if not, a method of automatic deletion upon
> exit?  I'd like to make this the default way that Emacs works when I
> use it.

Look in info/vip for some documentation.  Since I don't use vip-mode,
I haven't looked at it a lot.  What you need may be in there.  

If you do not have a copy of it, send me mail.  I'd be glad to send
you a copy.

shirono@grasp.cis.upenn.edu (Roberto Shironoshita) (03/07/88)

In article <284@ho7cad.ATT.COM> msb@ho5cad.ATT.COM writes:
>In article <428@zehntel.UUCP> larryg@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Larry Gillespie) writes:
>> [ Larry asking how to prevent GNU Emacs to make backups.   ]
>> [ The vip-mode stuff he mentions is irrelevant (I think ;-)]
>
>Look in info/vip for some documentation.  Since I don't use vip-mode,
>I haven't looked at it a lot.  What you need may be in there.  

Backup files are a feature of GNU Emacs, not of the different
modes/emulations.  In $HOME/.emacs, you can put:

	(setq make-backup-files nil)

to prevent GNU Emacs from making backups.
                                  Roberto Shironoshita
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lrs@esl.UUCP (Lynn Slater) (03/07/88)

Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.44.12 of Mon Nov 16 1987 on esl (berkeley-unix)


>                  Is there a way of forcing Emacs to refrain from
> backup file creation, or if not, a method of automatic deletion upon
> exit? 

Set buffer-auto-save-file-name to nil. You may do this when
establishing the mode.  

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