Ok I hope this is not TOO off the topic :-) 'Cause a number of people here use emacs as their primary living tool, can anyone of those tell me how I can disable the backup file emacs saves from time to time? (the something~ file) thanks in advance Wei Weng [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT/O d- s: a--- c++ LISB+(++)>$ P++>$ L++>$ E W+ N+ w-- o? K? !O M-- V-- PS PE+ Y-- PGP- t 5 X R? tv+ b+ DI--- D- G !e !h !r z-- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------