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

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 26.09.2013 20:14, schrieb AW:
> 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?

Yes. Didn't write it as the current-buffer changes quit often, than it writes 
whatever-what-buffer into the file-name specified, etc.
Would expect trouble from that.

BTW reflecting your task, what about an after-change, resp. after-save hook, 
producing the pdf after every save?

It's up to you.

Cheers,

> And besides that: thank you for your help!
>
> Regards,
> Alexander