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

[AW]

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?

And besides that: thank you for your help!

Regards, 
Alexander