ajschumacher/dotconfig — pull request #9 by ajschumacher (2014-07-04 16:49:13+00:00)
Title: change emacs backups to use directory; resolves #5

Even better than disabling is putting the backup files out of the way.
With help from:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/151945/how-do-i-control-how-emacs-makes-backup-files