Re: Function needed to save a certain buffer every x seconds automatically

[Michael Heerdegen]

Hi AW,

> Hello!
>
> To get a fast refreshing PDF of my LaTeX file, I use latexmk, which
> renders a PDF every time the LaTeX file changed on the hard disk.
>
> I'd like to have a mechanism to save the LaTeX file every x seconds.
>
> I found this solution:
>
> (require 'auto-save-buffers)
> (run-with-idle-timer 1 t 'auto-save-buffers)
>
> If I put that into my .emacs, Emacs saves every buffer immediately after a 
> change of the buffer. 
>
> But it is cumbersome to switch that off in the .emacs file, if not
> needed, and
> on, if needed. Could someone write a function to switch this  line
>
> (run-with-idle-timer 1 t 'auto-save-buffers)
>
> on and off? 

For the short I only found "auto-save-buffers-enhanced.el", which seems
to solve your problem - there is a function
`auto-save-buffers-enhanced-toggle-activity' which seems to do exactly
what you want.

Mmh, wait, the original package also has a toggle function,
`auto-save-buffers-toggle'.  Isn't that what you want?

In both cases, you must have started the timer before toggling does
anything.


Regards,

Michael.