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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

  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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