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From: bdo8650@cec2.wustl.edu (Bryan Dennis O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: GNU emacs beginner question.
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Date: 25 Oct 89 16:25:36 GMT
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	I am a new user to GNU EMACS, (I used to be a die hard VI fan.) and I
had a few (probably stupid) questions:

	1)  Is there a way to force EMACS not to make backups?  (eg. file~)

	2)  Is there a way to set the number of spaces for a tab?

	I have looked for documentation on this but have been unable to find
any.  Thanks for your help.


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