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Michael Hoffman wrote:

> (when (locate-library "auctex")
>   (load "auctex.el" nil t t)
>   (setq TeX-auto-save t))
>
> When I byte-compile, however, I get a warning like this:
>
> emacs.el:320:9:Warning: assignment to free variable `TeX-auto-save'

Byte-compiling your .emacs is pretty much a waste of time (you've
probably already invested more time in it than it might ever save you).
Worry about warnings while doing so is really a waste of time; but the 
standard method of suppressing free variable warnings is

(defvar TeX-auto-save)
(setq TeX-auto-save t)