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[JS <d44sf@44ada.com>, Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:08:23 +0200]:
> 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.

In the *Apropos* buffer I see:

,----
| auto-save-default
|   Variable: *Non-nil says by default do auto-saving of every file-visiting buffer.
|   Plist: standard-value variable-documentation custom-type custom-requests
`----

So by setting that variable to NIL (which is the only value that is
not non-nil) you disable auto-saving.  For setting some symbol to some
value you can use SETQ, or set-variable.

``C-h v auto-save-default RET'' indicates that one can also change its
value with customize which I have never used but seems to be regarded
as more intuitive.

Albert.