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Re: auto-saving files
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Tassilo Horn |
Subject: |
Re: auto-saving files |
Date: |
Mon, 24 May 2010 10:13:25 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Andrea,
> But why by the way gnus must keep a buffer open for it's own job?
>
> I mean I don't need that buffer open, can't it work on the file
> without visiting it on a buffer?
Not really. Almost all text modification operations work on buffers,
not files. There are some exceptions: you can append to a file without
visiting it in a buffer. But as soon as you have to do something
non-trivial, you will have to visit it in a buffer.
Bye,
Tassilo