# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 907813226 0 # Node ID 24d9060befa82a351b2b4f6887b2bd4cd6ab1274 # Parent 93d7c8a30147f36cb239da3aba6aecf5b73e5fea (save-buffer): Doc fix. diff -r 93d7c8a30147 -r 24d9060befa8 lisp/files.el --- a/lisp/files.el Wed Oct 07 19:47:48 1998 +0000 +++ b/lisp/files.el Thu Oct 08 02:20:26 1998 +0000 @@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ to become a backup when the next save is done, and unconditionally makes the previous version into a backup file. -With argument of 0, never makes the previous version into a backup file. +With argument of 0, never make the previous version into a backup file. If a file's name is FOO, the names of its numbered backup versions are FOO.~i~ for various integers i. A non-numbered backup file is called FOO~. @@ -2194,6 +2194,10 @@ If `delete-old-versions' is nil, system will query user before trimming versions. Otherwise it does it silently. +If `vc-make-backup-files' is nil, which is the default, + no backup files are made for files managed by version control. + (This is because the version control system itself records previous versions.) + See the subroutine `basic-save-buffer' for more information." (interactive "p") (let ((modp (buffer-modified-p))