What is auto-save ?
- Automatically save file content
- No annoying temporary files need to be cleaned
- No need to save manually, protect your fingers.
Installation
Clone or download this repository (path of the folder is the <path-to-auto-save> used below).
In your ~/.emacs, add the following three lines:
(add-to-list 'load-path "<path-to-auto-save>") ; add auto-save to your load-path
(require 'auto-save)
(auto-save-enable)
(setq auto-save-silent t) ; quietly save
(setq auto-save-delete-trailing-whitespace t) ; automatically delete spaces at the end of the line when saving
;;; custom predicates if you don't want auto save.
;;; disable auto save mode when current filetype is an gpg file.
(setq auto-save-disable-predicates
'((lambda ()
(string-suffix-p
"gpg"
(file-name-extension (buffer-name)) t))))