Quoting Peter Weiss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >>>>> On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:28:10 +0100 (IST), Angus Claydon <[EMAIL > >>>>> PROTECTED]> said: > Angus> IMHO If there's one program that could firmly go into the Heinz > category > Angus> (in > Angus> terms of it being better because its harder to get out of the bottle) > Angus> my vote would be for emacs. > > Angus> Is it possible to turn off the autosaving feature? > Hi Angus, > from my *Help* buffer: > auto-save-default's value is > t > Documentation: > *Non-nil says by default do auto-saving of every file-visiting buffer. > You can customize this variable. > So putting a > (setq auto-save-default nil) > in your .emacs file should turn this feature off.
You can also type <ESC> 0 ^X ^S to prevent leaving a foobar~ file when using emacs on ephemeral files (like this email). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
