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On 4/13/05 12:08 PM, JS wrote:
> Albert Reiner wrote:
> 
> 
>>[JS <d44sf@44ada.com>, Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:39:02 +0200]:
>>
>>>I can only type:
>>>
>>>M-x apropos-auto-save
>>>
>>>For some reason it won't omit the "-" between "apropos" and "auto"
>>
>>Try: M-x apropos RET auto-save RET
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Albert.
> 
> 
> 
> Hehe thanks...then I get a list of auto-save functions, but I don't see
> anywhere that that you could put:
> 
> (setq auto-save-default nil)
> 
> in you .emacs file to permanently turn off auto-save.

Huh?

I get:

auto-save-default
   Variable: *Non-nil says by default do auto-saving of every 
file-visiting buffer.


and if you middle-click on Variable, you get:

auto-save-default's value is t

*Non-nil says by default do auto-saving of every file-visiting buffer.


That tells you what you need to know.

-Jim