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From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: save-buffers documentation
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:18:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <39mdd7F638otdU1@individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3499.1110576051.32256.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

Aaron Hawley wrote:
 > When visiting the `save-buffer' help screen, I found the first section
 > of the function's documentation string to be confusing.  Below is a
 > patch against CVS that offers some rough suggestions.  The existing
 > documentation in its current state (in my version of Emacs) is below
 > the patch.
 > -With 1 \\[universal-argument], marks this version
 > +Combined with one \\[universal-argument], marks this version
 >   to become a backup when the next save is done.
 > -With 2 \\[universal-argument]'s,
 > +Combined with two \\[universal-argument]'s,
 >   unconditionally makes the previous version into a backup file.
 > -With 3 \\[universal-argument]'s, marks this version
 > +Combined with three \\[universal-argument]'s, marks this version

I think "Prefixed by" or "Prefixed with" would be more accurate than
"Combined with", and are consistent with the "prefix arg" terminology
used in Emacs.

Thanks,
-- 
Kevin Rodgers

       reply	other threads:[~2005-03-14 21:18 UTC|newest]

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

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