How to prevent backup file creation (kate & kwrite)
 

Hi gyus!
I got tired to delete a tons of backups that created with text editors (filename with ~ append).
How to disable this behavoir? I searched through editors settings: nothing found about...

Thanks in advance.

I did a quick google (I'm sure you did, too), and it appears that
there are no such settings for either program. Why don't you a)
use a more customisable editor, like e.g. vim, or b) just automate
the removal of the back-ups? Slap this in your crontab
(obviously replace "user" with your account name ;})



Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for the reply!
Removing backups with script is the same way as deleting by hand.
I want to prevent backups creation.

And I thinking its possible: when I loading from liveUSB (Linux Mint 12 KDE), no backups created on files editing with kate or kwrite.

What version of Kate? I just tried it with v3.4.5 and found the option to disable the automatic saving in about 15 seconds.

Settings > Configure Kate > Editor Component > Open/Save > Advanced
Uncheck the box next to local files under "Backup on Save"

I don't use Kate, so I don't know if it would be available on yours...maybe it's a new option you don't have, or an old option that has been removed.

The same 3.4.5 here. Really it works with kate as well as with kwrite.
Its my mistake, can't discover this checkbox. May be a time to buy a glasses :)

Thanks a lot!