Re: get rid of leftover auto save #files#

[Lowell Gilbert]

Kevin Dziulko <weaselboy1976@yahoo.com> writes:

> When I decide to abandon changes made to a buffer.  I exit emacs without 
> saving the file.  It asks "Modified buffers exist; exit anyway?"  I answer 
> yes.  Now I have an auto save #file# file there.  How can I not get these 
> files in this scenario?  I want to keep auto save on because of it's many 
> benefits.

I usually mark the file as unmodified before killing it. 
[M-~ in the default configuration]

I suppose you could use the kill-buffer-hook or some related hook to
do this automatically...