Emacs - Autosave buffer every 5 seconds

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How can we configure emacs to automatically save the unsaved changes every 5 seconds? I want the save the buffer and not the temporary file generated with ~

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:47

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In ~/.emacs file make following changes.

(require 'auto-save-buffers)
(run-with-idle-timer 5 t 'auto-save-buffers)

answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:47

specialscope

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '12 at 12:44

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change the auto-save-timeout's value affects the number of seconds idle time before auto-save.

using (setq auto-save-timeout 5) may solve your problem

answered Nov 07 '12 at 12:44

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Emacs - Autosave buffer every 5 seconds

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