Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!crackers!m2c!umvlsi!dime!dime.cs.umass.edu!moss From: moss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Question on Emacs - Novice: DO NOT GIVE HIGH TECH ANSWERS Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 91 14:04:20 GMT References: <1991Feb13.204201.24693@hoss.unl.edu> Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Dept of Comp and Info Sci, Univ of Mass (Amherst) Lines: 18 In-reply-to: savel@hoss.unl.edu's message of 13 Feb 91 20:42:01 GMT I have two alternatives: o Don't use the the auto-save filename for other purposes (i.e., adjust your file naming scheme and/or other software), OR o Read up on make-auto-save-file-name and auto-save-file-name-p. You can use ^H-d to get a short definition of these, and then dig into the full Emacs info for more details. Personally I favor the first alternative since it is less likely to confuse anybody, but it's up to you .... -- J. Eliot B. Moss, Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Information Science Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 (413) 545-4206, 545-1249 (fax); Moss@cs.umass.edu