Linux/Unix Acronyms...Answered by self!!!

[Jerry Feldman]

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
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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