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Re: Function needed to save a certain buffer every x seconds automatical
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AW |
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Re: Function needed to save a certain buffer every x seconds automatically |
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Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:14:46 +0200 |
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Am Donnerstag, 26. September 2013, 19:14:06 schrieb Andreas Röhler:
> Am 26.09.2013 17:38, schrieb 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.
>
> So you want to save a single buffer, not all, as auto-save-buffers does?
>
> In this case here a little step forward
>
> (run-with-idle-timer 1 nil (lambda () (set-buffer "MY-TEX")(write-file
> (expand-file-name "~/my.tex"))(message (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %a
> %H:%M" (current-time)))))
>
> It runs just once, as timers not to switch off might turn nasty.
> Gives some messages when saving.
>
> Edit the my-tex parts.
>
> Andreas
Would it be possible to take the current buffer instead of manually inserting
the file name?
And besides that: thank you for your help!
Regards,
Alexander