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
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