Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
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Emacs saves all the visited files from time to time (based on
counting your keystrokes) without being asked. This is called
"auto-saving". It prevents you from losing more than a limited amount
of work if the system crashes.
When Emacs determines that it is time for auto-saving, each buffer is
considered, and is auto-saved if auto-saving is turned on for it and it
has been changed since the last time it was auto-saved. The message
`Auto-saving...' is displayed in the echo area during auto-saving, if
any files are actually auto-saved. Errors occurring during auto-saving
are caught so that they do not interfere with the execution of commands
you have been typing.