Re: Reconsider make-backup-files default value

[Jeremy Baxter]

James Ipswich <james.ipswich@proton.me> writes:
> Personally, I think make-backup-files should default to nil or some
> other less intrusive configuration, which would be better aligned with
> the rest of Emacs defaults and how other software behaves.
>
> Any thoughts?

I also think this default behaviour can be quite annoying but having
automatic backups can also come in very handy at times. A possible
solution to the leftover backup issue is storing backup files in some
specified directory, such as .emacs.d/auto-saves. I think vim stores
them somewhere in .local/state, in my opinion it's quite a neat solution
compared to Emacs' current strategy.

 Jeremy