[ubuntu-uk] Is there a second 'desktop' contents folder?

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 18:26 +0100, "Alan Lord (News)"
<alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> The ~ suffix is pretty standard in Unix/Linux for temporary/backup
> files and several tools create them automatically by default: gedit,
> Vi & Bluefish I know about.
> 
> You can usually configure these apps to not create temporary files at 
> all or to remove them on close. In gedit for example Under the 
> Edit->Preferences menu and the Editor Tab you'll see a "Create a
> backup copy of files before saving" check box. :-)

Yep, that's the explanation: the reason I had left the files on the
desktop overnight is precisely because I was editing them for somebody.
So I have taken your advice and unchecked the checkbox. Thank you, Al.