Re: how to force auto-save of buffers not visiting files, right now?

[Michael Albinus]

hw <hw@adminart.net> writes:

>> The doc string already does that:
>> 
>>   The default value is set up to put the auto-save file into the
>>   temporary directory (see the variable ‘temporary-file-directory’) for
>>   editing a remote file.
>> 
>> I think this is pretty easy to understand, don't you agree?
>
> There must be something wrong with the documentation then.  The
> auto-save files are being put into the directories their files are in,
> and I didn't change the default.

Please read carefully. The doc string says "... for editing remote
files". Local files are not affected by this setting.

Best regards, Michael.