Re: Function needed to save a certain buffer every x seconds automatically

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

On 9/26/13 12:14 PM, AW wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 26. September 2013, 19:14:06 schrieb Andreas Röhler:
>> Am 26.09.2013 17:38, schrieb AW:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> To get a fast refreshing PDF of my LaTeX file, I use latexmk, which
>>> renders a PDF every time the LaTeX file changed on the hard disk.
>>>
>>> I'd like to have a mechanism to save the LaTeX file every x seconds.
>>
>> So you want to save a single buffer, not all, as auto-save-buffers does?
>>
>> In this case here a little step forward
>>
>> (run-with-idle-timer 1 nil (lambda () (set-buffer "MY-TEX")(write-file
>> (expand-file-name "~/my.tex"))(message (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %a
>> %H:%M" (current-time)))))
>>
>> It runs just once, as timers not to switch off might turn nasty.
>> Gives some messages when saving.
>>
>> Edit the my-tex parts.
>>
>> Andreas
>
> Would it be possible to take the current buffer instead of manually inserting
> the file name?

Instead: Map over all buffers, and save the LaTex buffers.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA