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This SO answer about .emacs file contains:
;; keep backup files neatly out of the way in .~/
(setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . ".~")))
which triggered an idea that it would be handy if Emacs would create backup files using the OpenVMS Files-11 version naming. For example, x.txt;3 or x.txt.3 for the third version of x.txt
Check out this article: http://www.glindra.org/doc/version_number.html. The short story is to add:
in your .emacs file.