From 1c9569bb702b20490dc5f9333f14e14b3d4c2f38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Bryant Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 23:14:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Elisp manual: Mention write-region for whole buffer * doc/emacs/files.texi (Save Commands): Mention write-region --- doc/emacs/files.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index 29cc22e7557..f0160c692da 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -547,6 +547,10 @@ Save Commands to that major mode, in most cases. The command @code{set-visited-file-name} also does this. @xref{Choosing Modes}. + If you wish to save the current buffer to a different file without +visiting it, use @code{mark-whole-buffer} (@kbd C-x h), then @kbd{M-x +write-region} (@pxref{Misc File Ops} + If Emacs is about to save a file and sees that the date of the latest version on disk does not match what Emacs last read or wrote, Emacs notifies you of this fact, because it probably indicates a problem caused -- 2.42.0