From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jeff.rancier@softechnics.com (Jeffery B. Rancier) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: auto-save sometimes Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:34:20 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <400D63F5.5030301@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074632759 19878 80.91.224.253 (20 Jan 2004 21:05:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 20 22:05:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aj34K-0003Jk-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:05:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj1Di-0006eo-CC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:07:26 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj18m-0005AP-GT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:02:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj18E-00053v-8w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:02:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj0hY-0005oz-Ng for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:34:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aj0hX-0000z5-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:34:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aj0hW-0000yp-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:34:10 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aj0hW-0007qg-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:34:10 +0100 Original-Lines: 46 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.110001 (No Gnus v0.1) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5uaKhYz1cbt123a6EDKpEXlxvm4= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16228 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16228 Kevin Rodgers writes: > David Vanderschel wrote: > >> "Jeffery B. Rancier" 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'. Actually, it was occuring when first visiting a file. > > 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 -- Thanks, Jeff ,---- | Jeffery B. Rancier | | Softechnics | a METTLER TOLEDO company `----