* emacs manual patch: refer to File Variables from Numbered Backups.
@ 2008-09-11 19:13 Jim Blandy
2008-09-20 19:57 ` Glenn Morris
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From: Jim Blandy @ 2008-09-11 19:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs Development
A user reading about backup policies will often have a particular file
in mind whose backup policy he would like to change.
The fact that Rmail mode uses this variable seems out of place.
Perhaps a reader who has noticed Rmail's behavior with regards to
backup files could relate that to the effect of this variable, but
readers unfamiliar with Rmail won't.
* emacs.texi (Numbered Backups): reference File Variables, as well.
Remove discussion of Rmail's implementation.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ The usual way to set this variable is gl
The usual way to set this variable is globally, through your
@file{.emacs} file or the customization buffer. However, you can set
@code{version-control} locally in an individual buffer to control the
-making of backups for that buffer's file. For example, Rmail mode
-locally sets @code{version-control} to @code{never} to make sure that
-there is only one backup for an Rmail file. @xref{Locals}.
+making of backups for that buffer's file (@pxref{Locals}). You can
+have Emacs set @code{version-control} locally whenever you visit a
+given file (@pxref{File Variables}).
@cindex @env{VERSION_CONTROL} environment variable
If you set the environment variable @env{VERSION_CONTROL}, to tell
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