How do I get rid of <filename>.project.vim files?

Question

It seems like any time I edit a file with gvim it creates a litany of files I don't want or seem to need. I understand the <filename>.~ files are backups of the file before I started editing and .<filename>.swp are swap files holding bits of data only while vim is open, but what is the purpose of <filename>.project.vim? Can I safely delete them? Can I make gvim stop creating them in the first place?

Answer 1

From doc/automatic-tex-plugin.txt in the Automatic LaTeX Plugin source:

                                                *b:atp_ProjectScript*
                                                *g:atp_ProjectScript*
Setting one of the variables |b:atp_ProjectScript| or
|g:atp_ProjectScript| to 0 the feature will be turned off.  Local
variable, i.e. b: has precedence over the global one g:.  So you can
turned off the feature for only specific files. The global variable
will turn it off for all files.

So simply adding:

let g:atp_ProjectScript = 0

to your .vimrc should solve the problem.