Variable: auto-save-visited-mode

auto-save-visited-mode is a customizable variable defined in files.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil if Auto-Save-Visited mode is enabled.

See the auto-save-visited-mode(var)/auto-save-visited-mode(fun) command for a description of this minor mode. Setting this variable directly does not take effect; either customize it (see the info node (emacs)Easy Customization) or call the function auto-save-visited-mode(var)/auto-save-visited-mode(fun).

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 26.1.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/files.el.gz
(define-minor-mode auto-save-visited-mode
  "Toggle automatic saving of file-visiting buffers to their files.

When this mode is enabled, file-visiting buffers are automatically
saved to their files.  This is in contrast to `auto-save-mode', which
auto-saves those buffers to a separate file, leaving the original
file intact.  See Info node `Saving' for details of the save process.

The user option `auto-save-visited-interval' controls how often to
auto-save a buffer into its visited file.

You can use `auto-save-visited-predicate' to control which
buffers are saved.

You can also set the buffer-local value of the variable
`auto-save-visited-mode' to nil.  A buffer where the buffer-local
value of this variable is nil is ignored for the purpose of
`auto-save-visited-mode', even if `auto-save-visited-mode' is
enabled.

For more details, see Info node `(emacs) Auto Save Files'."
  :group 'auto-save
  :global t
  (when auto-save--timer (cancel-timer auto-save--timer))
  (setq auto-save--timer
        (when auto-save-visited-mode
          (run-with-idle-timer
           auto-save-visited-interval :repeat
           #'save-some-buffers :no-prompt
           (lambda ()
             (and buffer-file-name
                  auto-save-visited-mode
                  (not (and buffer-auto-save-file-name
                            auto-save-visited-file-name))
                  (or (not (file-remote-p buffer-file-name))
                      (not remote-file-name-inhibit-auto-save-visited))
                  (or (not (functionp auto-save-visited-predicate))
                      (funcall auto-save-visited-predicate))))))))