From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: auto-save sometimes
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:23:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <400D63F5.5030301@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: C96dnWkJgZccqJDdU-KYlg@texas.net
David Vanderschel wrote:
> "Jeffery B. Rancier" <jeff.rancier@softechnics.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.938.1074548626.928.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
>
>>Periodically, I get the message:
>>
>>,----
>>| Auto-save off (in this buffer)
>>`----
>>
>>In the mode-line. It doesn't seem to be based on the file type. What
>>determines this?
>>
>
> From the "Auto-Save Files" node in emacs info:
>
> When you delete a substantial part of the text in
> a large buffer, auto save turns off temporarily in
> that buffer. This is because if you deleted the
> text unintentionally, you might find the auto-save
> file more useful if it contains the deleted text.
> To reenable auto-saving after this happens, save
> the buffer with `C-x C-s', or use `C-u 1 M-x
> auto-save'.
How is that implemented? The message reported by Jeffery only occurs in
lisp/files.el, and is only shown if auto-save-mode is called interactively.
--
Kevin Rodgers
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2004-01-20 14:04 ` auto-save sometimes David Vanderschel
2004-01-20 17:23 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2004-01-20 18:34 ` Jeffery B. Rancier
2004-01-19 21:40 Jeffery B. Rancier
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