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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at>
Cc: 70326@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70326: 30.0.50; Backup Files documentation does not match observed behaviour
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:28:47 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86h6g9ul5s.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2frvtf53e.fsf@metalevel.at> (message from Markus Triska on Wed,  10 Apr 2024 20:24:53 +0200)

tags 70326 notabug
thanks

> From: Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at>
> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:24:53 +0200
> 
> In 19.3.2 Backup Files, we read:
> 
>    "Emacs makes a backup for a file only the first time the file is saved
>     from a buffer."
> 
> However, when I launch Emacs with:
> 
>     $ emacs -Q
> 
> and then do:
> 
>     C-x C-w backup.txt RET

"C-x C-w" is not "saving the file from a buffer".  "C-h c" says that
"C-x C-w runs the command write-file".  So I don't see anything wrong
with what the manual says.





  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-10 18:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-10 18:24 bug#70326: 30.0.50; Backup Files documentation does not match observed behaviour Markus Triska
2024-04-10 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-04-10 18:53   ` Markus Triska
2024-04-10 19:28     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-10 19:46       ` Markus Triska
2024-04-11  4:00         ` Michael Heerdegen via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-11  5:59         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-11  6:11           ` Markus Triska
2024-04-11  7:38             ` Eli Zaretskii

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