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From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: autosave in the background
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:38:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ezf5n5o.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (raw)

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Is it possible for emacs to autosave in the background?

I have a file that I'm working on which is 3.3mbs in size, using
org-mode, and whilst I'm writing it *everything*, literally everything,
stops and pauses, becoming unresponsive until its saved completely.
Hence my request.

Thanks
Sharon.
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             reply	other threads:[~2017-07-11  9:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-11  9:38 Sharon Kimble [this message]
2017-07-11  9:58 ` autosave in the background tomas
2017-07-11 17:46 ` Emanuel Berg

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