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From: eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: GNU emacs beginner question.
Message-ID: <11130@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Oct 89 22:24:51 GMT
References: <1989Oct25.162536.4854@cec1.wustl.edu> <8970003@hpfcso.HP.COM> <MONTNARO.89Oct27100133@sprite.crd.ge.com>
Reply-To: eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman)
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In article <MONTNARO.89Oct27100133@sprite.crd.ge.com> <montanaro@crdgw1.ge.com> (Skip Montanaro) writes:
;In article <8970003@hpfcso.HP.COM> jka@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jay Adams) writes:
;
;	   1)  Is there a way to force EMACS not to make backups?  (eg. file~)
;
;Try (setq make-backup-files nil). 
;
;	   2)  Is there a way to set the number of spaces for a tab?
;
;Not that I'm aware of.

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