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(Auto Save Control): Document that values of auto-save-interval less than 20 are treated as if they were 20.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 03 Nov 2001 18:58:07 +0000
parents 343d48d4e64c
children 86a0b7cc1600
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979 @vindex auto-save-interval 979 @vindex auto-save-interval
980 Emacs does auto-saving periodically based on counting how many characters 980 Emacs does auto-saving periodically based on counting how many characters
981 you have typed since the last time auto-saving was done. The variable 981 you have typed since the last time auto-saving was done. The variable
982 @code{auto-save-interval} specifies how many characters there are between 982 @code{auto-save-interval} specifies how many characters there are between
983 auto-saves. By default, it is 300. 983 auto-saves. By default, it is 300. Emacs doesn't accept values that are
984 too small: if you customize @code{auto-save-interval} to a value less
985 than 20, Emacs will behave as if the value is 20.
984 986
985 @vindex auto-save-timeout 987 @vindex auto-save-timeout
986 Auto-saving also takes place when you stop typing for a while. The 988 Auto-saving also takes place when you stop typing for a while. The
987 variable @code{auto-save-timeout} says how many seconds Emacs should 989 variable @code{auto-save-timeout} says how many seconds Emacs should
988 wait before it does an auto save (and perhaps also a garbage 990 wait before it does an auto save (and perhaps also a garbage