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Emacs reads a file. .emacs, from your home directory. Emacs is highly extensible. Check out the emacs FAQ. Or just type info emacs, for a complete emacs guide online,. "Kevin M. Gleason" wrote: > John, > > Where would I actually find this code? Or is there a way of changing Emacs > settings from within emacs (like a init file that emacs reads before starting > up)? What kind of language are we talking (LISP, I summize from the readings) > ? > Would I have to go into Emacs source code (if so, what's it called on my > drive)? Sorry for all of the questions but you peeked my interest with the > statement below. > > Kevin > > John Jannotti wrote: > > > Regarding emacs auto-save times, you can set auto-save-interval and > > auto-save-timeout. I use the following functions to adjust auto-save, > > when, for instance, I am working on battery power and don't want my disk to > > spin up. > > > > interval - number of keyboard characters between saves > > timeout - number of idle seconds before auto save > > > > (defun auto-save-never () > > (interactive) > > (setq auto-save-interval 0) > > (setq auto-save-timeout 0)) > > > > (defun auto-save-defaults () > > (interactive) > > (setq auto-save-interval 300) > > (setq auto-save-timeout 960)) > > > > (defun auto-save-less () > > (interactive) > > (setq auto-save-interval (* 2 auto-save-interval)) > > (setq auto-save-timeout (* 2 auto-save-timeout))) > > > > jj > > - > > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). > -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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