On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 18:26 +0100, "Alan Lord (News)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The ~ suffix is pretty standard in Unix/Linux for temporary/backup > files and several tools create them automatically by default: gedit, > Vi & Bluefish I know about. > > You can usually configure these apps to not create temporary files at > all or to remove them on close. In gedit for example Under the > Edit->Preferences menu and the Editor Tab you'll see a "Create a > backup copy of files before saving" check box. :-) Yep, that's the explanation: the reason I had left the files on the desktop overnight is precisely because I was editing them for somebody. So I have taken your advice and unchecked the checkbox. Thank you, Al. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
