Revert "zipper's first post on nairobilug"

This reverts commit 42fd3c446e64bd429414f676084acd6c8a15e970.
Revert "now ignores emacs backups"

This reverts commit 20ced09720bfb550e90a7521259894e8c7cbc5f7.
Merge pull request #1 from nairobilug/master

zipper's changes