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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-07-09 10:39:57 +0300 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-07-09 10:39:57 +0300 |
commit | 115261b323a73aaf5253b3052f433895c8b77881 (patch) | |
tree | e784b02e79f26c7259578c87733ee132c6b6dca7 | |
parent | 3442de2edd8770bae8541257dc5a65fcb932d8da (diff) | |
download | emacs-115261b323a73aaf5253b3052f433895c8b77881.tar.gz |
; Improve wording of recently-changed doc strings.
* lisp/simple.el (auto-save-mode):
* lisp/files.el (auto-save-visited-mode): Improve wording of the
doc strings.
-rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lisp/simple.el | 18 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index bccf7d56bab..12121872748 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -419,14 +419,15 @@ idle for `auto-save-visited-interval' seconds." (timer-set-idle-time auto-save--timer value :repeat)))) (define-minor-mode auto-save-visited-mode - "Toggle automatic saving to file-visiting buffers on or off. + "Toggle automatic saving of file-visiting buffers to their files. -When this mode is enabled, visited files are saved automatically. -The user option `auto-save-visited-interval' controls how often. +When this mode is enabled, file-visiting buffers are automatically +saved to their files. This is in contrast to `auto-save-mode', which +auto-saves those buffers to a separate file, leaving the original +file intact. See Info node `Saving' for details of the save process. -Unlike `auto-save-mode', this mode will auto-save buffer contents -to the visited files directly and will also run all save-related -hooks. See Info node `Saving' for details of the save process. +The user option `auto-save-visited-interval' controls how often to +auto-save a buffer into its visited file. You can also set the buffer-local value of the variable `auto-save-visited-mode' to nil. A buffer where the buffer-local diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index dca8589be46..a18a614d68e 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -8400,15 +8400,15 @@ presented." (define-minor-mode auto-save-mode "Toggle auto-saving in the current buffer (Auto Save mode). -When this mode is enabled, Emacs periodically saves each visited -file in a separate file called the \"auto-save file\". This is a -safety measure to prevent you from losing more than a limited -amount of work if the system crashes. - -Auto-saving does not alter the file you actually use: the visited -file is changed only when you request saving it explicitly (such -as with \\[save-buffer]). If you want to save visited files -automatically, use \\[auto-save-visited-mode]). +When this mode is enabled, Emacs periodically saves each file-visiting +buffer in a separate \"auto-save file\". This is a safety measure to +prevent you from losing more than a limited amount of work if the +system crashes. + +Auto-saving does not alter the file visited by the buffer: the visited +file is changed only when you request saving it explicitly (such as +with \\[save-buffer]). If you want to save the buffer into its +visited files automatically, use \\[auto-save-visited-mode]). For more details, see Info node `(emacs) Auto Save'." :variable ((and buffer-auto-save-file-name |