Re: emacsclient: controlling from an application?

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

DrMemory wrote:

> It was suggested that I set the auto-save-visited-file-name var:
> 
>>>You can set any variable on a per-buffer basis:
>>>
>>>(set (make-local-variable 'auto-save-visited-file-name) t)
>>>
>>>Try putting that in the file itself, either as the first line
>>>
>>># -*- eval: (set ...) -*-
> 
> Which didn't work:
> 
>>>It appears that the eval worked:
>>>However, the auto-save is still behaving as if the global value were in force:
> 
> And you suggested:
> 
>>The variable is consulted when visiting a file to setup some other
>>auto-save-related variables.  What is probably occuring is that the
>>variable is consulted before it is changed by the "eval: (set ...)"
>>cookie.
> 
> Nosing around, I find a variable called buffer-auto-save-file-name.
> Setting that in an eval statement does work, if anyone is
> interested....
> 
> -*- eval: (setq buffer-auto-save-file-name "Whatever") -*-


To get the effect of setting auto-save-visited-file-name, change "Whatever"
to buffer-file-name.


-- 
Kevin Rodgers