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[Dave Lentz <915628@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, I believe the change you refer
to is easily configurable in gedit's preferences. (Edit -> Preferences
-> 'Editor' Tab -> 'Create a backup copy..' option

I'm marking this invalid because I'm assuming you weren't aware of the
setting. If that's incorrect or you believe it should be the default,
feel free to re-open the bug.

** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  gedit automatically creates hidden .txt~ files

Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Every time I edit a .txt file with gedit and press "save" it automacally creates another hidden file with the same name and the extension .txt~ e.g. I open the file file.txt with gedit, I edit it, I press "save" and then changes are saved in file.txt and another hidden file with the name file.txt~ is created. I call these .txt~ files "hidden" because they can only be viewed with the "ls" command through the terminal. I tried editing .txt files with other applications like Geany and it just applies all the changes to the original file without creating any .txt~ file! I believe that it must be a gedit bug, but I'm not 100% sure. I realized that when I backuped my files in my external hard disk drive and connected it to a Windows PC and all the .txt~ files just appeared on the screen! Ever since I remove these .txt~ files through the terminal!
  This happens in Ubuntu 11.10 with gedit 3.2.3-0ubuntu0.1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gedit 3.2.3-0ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jan 12 23:13:53 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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