a question about evim

[Michael Nolin]

--- Zhao Peng <greenmt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a simple question about evim (Easy Vim).
> 
> Whenever I use evim to edit a file, say "abc.txt", a
> same-name file plus "~"
> is always created. In this case, it will be
> "abc.txt~". It's a bit annoying
> to me.

For gvim its in the Edit pull down  Settings menu

 	set bdir=.,/home/mnolin/tmp,/home/mnolin/
backupext	file name extension for the backup file
 	set bex=~

backups are usually a good thing so I haven't bothered
to override this
behavior. Though I do get swap file already exists
messages.

Michael Nolin


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