Re: Disable auto-save-mode in .emacs

[Jim Davidson]

On 4/13/05 12:08 PM, JS wrote:
> Albert Reiner wrote:
>
>
> > [JS <d44sf@44ada.com>, Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:39:02 +0200]:
> >
> > > I can only type:
> > >
> > > M-x apropos-auto-save
> > >
> > > For some reason it won't omit the "-" between "apropos" and "auto"
> >
> > Try: M-x apropos RET auto-save RET
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Albert.
>
>
>
> Hehe thanks...then I get a list of auto-save functions, but I don't see
> anywhere that that you could put:
>
> (setq auto-save-default nil)
>
> in you .emacs file to permanently turn off auto-save.

Huh?

I get:

auto-save-default
  Variable: *Non-nil says by default do auto-saving of every 
file-visiting buffer.


and if you middle-click on Variable, you get:

auto-save-default's value is t

*Non-nil says by default do auto-saving of every file-visiting buffer.


That tells you what you need to know.

-Jim