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From: Aaron Hawley <Aaron.Hawley@uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: save-buffers documentation
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:52:38 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1DByEg-0001JV-00@webteam-dvd> (raw)


Here's another revision of the patch that uses instead "Prefixed with",
for consistency with other GNU Emacs doc-strings.  enjoy. /a


===File ~/gnu/files.el-save_buffer_doc_string.diff==========
--- files.el.~1.745.~	2005-02-09 10:50:42.000000000 -0500
+++ files.el	2005-03-17 11:28:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -3102,18 +3102,20 @@
             ancestor))))))
 \f
 (defun save-buffer (&optional args)
-  "Save current buffer in visited file if modified.  Versions described below.
+  "Save current buffer in visited file if modified.  Variations
+ are described below.
 By default, makes the previous version into a backup file
  if previously requested or if this is the first save.
-With 1 \\[universal-argument], marks this version
+Prefixed with one \\[universal-argument], marks this version
  to become a backup when the next save is done.
-With 2 \\[universal-argument]'s,
+Prefixed with two \\[universal-argument]'s,
  unconditionally makes the previous version into a backup file.
-With 3 \\[universal-argument]'s, marks this version
+Prefixed with three \\[universal-argument]'s, marks this version
  to become a backup when the next save is done,
  and unconditionally makes the previous version into a backup file.
 
-With argument of 0, never make the previous version into a backup file.
+With prefix argument of 0, never make the previous version into a
+ backup file.
 
 If a file's name is FOO, the names of its numbered backup versions are
  FOO.~i~ for various integers i.  A non-numbered backup file is called FOO~.
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             reply	other threads:[~2005-03-17 16:52 UTC|newest]

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2005-03-17 16:52 Aaron Hawley [this message]
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2005-03-14 21:18 ` save-buffers documentation Kevin Rodgers
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2005-03-11 20:49 Aaron Hawley

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