# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1147458203 0
# Node ID 61cffb1025d16aa9a5421b69dab585c94cb9b20d
# Parent  2fe766ffb2c036fcc3d6aa5972b623cfd1dd0513
(Buffer Names): Add index entries for buffers whose names begin with a space.
(Creating Buffers): Document that undo is turned off in buffers whose names
begin with a space.

diff -r 2fe766ffb2c0 -r 61cffb1025d1 lispref/buffers.texi
--- a/lispref/buffers.texi	Fri May 12 18:22:50 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/buffers.texi	Fri May 12 18:23:23 2006 +0000
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@
 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
@@ -910,6 +912,9 @@
 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}.
+
+If the buffer's name begins with a space, the buffer has its undo
+information recording (@pxref{Undo}) turned off by default.
 @end defun
 
 @defun generate-new-buffer name