From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bill Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How do I stop emacs from locking my unattended file? Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6538508.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159431923 18853 80.91.229.2 (28 Sep 2006 08:25:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 28 10:25:20 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSrCj-00023b-TG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:25:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSrCi-0003uC-TM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GSkSk-00049h-5Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:13:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GSkSj-00049C-Ix for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:13:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSkSj-000499-DZ for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:13:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [72.21.53.35] (helo=talk.nabble.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GSkXi-0004ty-0L for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:18:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [72.21.53.38] (helo=jubjub.nabble.com) by talk.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GSkSh-0002Zh-Ly for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:13:15 -0700 Original-To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Nabble-From: hammack@netbox.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:24:31 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37694 Archived-At: When I have a file open with Xemacs it "locks" up if I don't use it for a few minutes. I then have to type "y" to unlock, and then "yes" when I want to save it. I'm sure emacs is trying to help me, but the way I work I have to pauce for several minutes. I'd like to turn this feature off, but cannot even name what the feature is -- this has made searching hard. Any suggestions? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-do-I-stop-emacs-from-locking-my-unattended-file--tf2348226.html#a6538508 Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.