[comp.emacs] Question on Emacs - Novice: DO NOT GIVE HIGH TECH ANSWERS

savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) (02/14/91)

'cuse the previous posting; haven't yet figured out the emacs thingy on my mc.
the problem was that the autosaver capability of the emacs on my mc. saves the
filename to filename~ with the result deleting the filename~ in that directory
which contains different info.; is it possible to 

o remove the autosaver capability
o autosave to the filename itself
o autosave to some-other-filename

thanks
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moss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) (02/14/91)

I have two alternatives:

o Don't use the the auto-save filename for other purposes (i.e., adjust your
  file naming scheme and/or other software), OR

o Read up on make-auto-save-file-name and auto-save-file-name-p.

You can use ^H-d to get a short definition of these, and then dig into the
full Emacs info for more details. Personally I favor the first alternative
since it is less likely to confuse anybody, but it's up to you ....
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