From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: make-auto-save-file-name: not using name transforms for mere buffers
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:10:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FD7538A.9000406@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3y8tkvepj.fsf@uboot.com
Florian von Savigny wrote:
> I also like the auto-save feature and have also switched it on for
> buffers not visiting files. However, whenever I am writing a mail,
> emacs tries to save it into an auto-save file with asterisks in its
> name, which doesn't work since this is a forbidden character on VFAT.
>
> I have tried customising auto-save-file-name-transforms, but this does
> not work, apparently because make-auto-save-file-name only uses it if
> the buffer is visiting a file (does anybody know why on earth?).
>
> Is there any standard way to make make-auto-save-file-name use it also
> for buffer names, or do I simply have to hack the function?
Why not just redefine make-auto-save-file-name (and auto-save-file-name-p)?
--
Kevin Rodgers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-10 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-10 16:07 make-auto-save-file-name: not using name transforms for mere buffers Florian von Savigny
2003-12-10 17:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-10 17:10 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1505.1071080061.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-11 11:46 ` Florian von Savigny
2003-12-11 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1581.1071159027.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-12 1:19 ` Florian von Savigny
2003-12-12 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-12 23:02 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-12-13 11:44 ` Florian von Savigny
[not found] ` <mailman.1655.1071258163.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-13 11:51 ` Florian von Savigny
2003-12-13 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.25.1071336560.868.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-13 19:52 ` Florian von Savigny
2003-12-14 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-01-04 3:57 ` David Combs
2004-01-04 6:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
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