Variable: buffer-auto-save-file-format

buffer-auto-save-file-format is a buffer-local variable defined in buffer.c.

Documentation

Format in which to write auto-save files.

Should be a list of symbols naming formats that are defined in format-alist. If it is t, which is the default, auto-save files are written in the same format as a regular save would use.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/buffer.c
  DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("buffer-auto-save-file-format",
		     &BVAR (current_buffer, auto_save_file_format), Qnil,
		     doc: /* Format in which to write auto-save files.
Should be a list of symbols naming formats that are defined in `format-alist'.
If it is t, which is the default, auto-save files are written in the
same format as a regular save would use.  */);