diff lispref/buffers.texi @ 90399:a5812696f7bf unicode-pre-font-backend

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 274-284) - Update from CVS - Update etc/MORE.STUFF. - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 101) - Update from CVS Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--unicode--0--patch-62

--- a/lispref/buffers.texi	Mon May 15 03:48:50 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/buffers.texi	Wed May 17 07:46:49 2006 +0000
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@
 with a temporary buffer as the current buffer.  It saves the identity of
 the current buffer, creates a temporary buffer and makes it current,
 evaluates the @var{body} forms, and finally restores the previous
-current buffer while killing the temporary buffer.
+current buffer while killing the temporary buffer.  By default, undo
+information (@pxref{Undo}) is not recorded in the buffer created by
+this macro (but @var{body} can enable that, if needed).
 
 The return value is the value of the last form in @var{body}.  You can
 return the contents of the temporary buffer by using
@@ -257,6 +259,8 @@
 Any argument called @var{buffer} must be an actual buffer
 object, not a name.
 
+@cindex hidden buffers
+@cindex buffers without undo information
   Buffers that are ephemeral and generally uninteresting to the user
 have names starting with a space, so that the @code{list-buffers} and
 @code{buffer-menu} commands don't mention them (but if such a buffer
@@ -908,8 +912,9 @@
 @end example
 
 The major mode for a newly created buffer is set to Fundamental mode.
-The variable @code{default-major-mode} is handled at a higher level.
-@xref{Auto Major Mode}.
+(The variable @code{default-major-mode} is handled at a higher level;
+see @ref{Auto Major Mode}.)  If the name begins with a space, the
+buffer initially disables undo information recording (@pxref{Undo}).
 @end defun
 
 @defun generate-new-buffer name