From 7c81a0b9c68315511b98272d0aa40962d82f6e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:54:21 +0200 Subject: Improve documentation of 'save-place-mode' * lisp/saveplace.el (toggle-save-place): Update the doc string wrt turning on 'save-place-mode' globally. * etc/NEWS: Mention the need to call 'save-place-mode' for turning on the mode in all buffers. --- etc/NEWS | 8 +++++++- lisp/saveplace.el | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index f3bb1a6f211..ae34a37b335 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -439,7 +439,13 @@ additionally need to add `getSelection' to `xterm-extra-capabilities'. *** `xterm-mouse-mode' now supports mouse-tracking (if your xterm supports it). --- -** The `save-place' variable is replaced by `save-place-mode'. +** To turn on `save-place' mode globally, you must call `(save-place-mode 1)'. +In order to have the last place in every file saved it is no longer +sufficient to load the saveplace library and set the default value of +`save-place' to non-nil. You must explicitly call the function +`save-place-mode' with a positive argument instead. The `save-place' +variable is now an obsolete alias for `save-place-mode', which +replaces it. ** ERC diff --git a/lisp/saveplace.el b/lisp/saveplace.el index c9148dcfc50..c27df150248 100644 --- a/lisp/saveplace.el +++ b/lisp/saveplace.el @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ the argument is positive. To save places automatically in all files, put this in your init file: -\(setq-default save-place t)" +\(save-place-mode 1)" (interactive "P") (if (not (or buffer-file-name (and (derived-mode-p 'dired-mode) (boundp 'dired-subdir-alist) -- cgit v1.2.3