diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 2603b9210..310ac1601 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 ^trunk/coverage$
 ^trunk/dist$
 ^trunk/build_exe\.xml$
-^trunk/libsrc/jsyntaxpane/jsyntaxpane/src/target$
\ No newline at end of file
+^trunk/libsrc/jsyntaxpane/jsyntaxpane/src/target$
+\.~.*$ 
\ No newline at end of file