--- Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joris Huizer sez: > } I hope someone can help on this problem I have: > each > } time I edit a file using VIM, " Vi IMproved 6.1 > (2002 > } Mar 24, compiled Apr 14 2002 20:41:29)" I get a > } "temporary" copy of the original file. > } > } The naming is as follows: when I edit, say, > trash.txt, > } the "temporary" copy is named trash.txt~ > } > } I searched the web on the keywords: 'vi temporary > } files debian' but it didn't help anything > > This is neither debian-specific, nor are they > temporary files. You are > seeing backup files. > > } Can anybody tell me what might be causing the > problem > } ? I think this problem started after installing a > gtk > } version (to be able to run gvim - but I don't > really > } use that anyway) > > It also isn't a problem, it is a configuration > option. Add the following > line to your .vimrc and you shouldn't see any more > backup files: > > set nobackup > > } Thanks for any help, > } Joris > --Greg > >
Wow that was simple ! Apparently, I had that option on as I copied the .vimrc of the internet of somebody claiming it had smart settings: " Configuration file for gvim " Written for Debian GNU/Linux by W.Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> " Some modifications by J.H.M. Dassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> " Slightly modified by Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I forgot to mention that - I had forgotten I did that a bit :-) Thanks again, Joris __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
