Re: [PATCH] Allow inhibiting 'auto-save-visited-mode' on a per-buffer basis.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philipp Stephani <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2020 19:57:36 +0200
> Cc: Philipp Stephani <address@hidden>
> 
> +** Autosaving via 'auto-save-visited-mode' can now be inhibited using
> +the buffer-local variable 'auto-save-visited-inhibit'.
> +
>  
>  * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 28.1
>  
> diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
> index 55a0958f54..f3ea1d083f 100644
> --- a/lisp/files.el
> +++ b/lisp/files.el
> @@ -425,12 +425,17 @@ auto-save-visited-interval
>           (when auto-save--timer
>             (timer-set-idle-time auto-save--timer value :repeat))))
>  
> +(defvar-local auto-save-visited-inhibit nil
> +  "If non-nil, ignore this buffer for `auto-save-visited-mode'.")
> +

Wouldn't it be better to have a local minor mode and a globalized
minor mode, like we do in other cases?