# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1114893241 0 # Node ID 7f9d1d01d2746d0817a3dddc616cd0c73d77a500 # Parent 49280309ccbb7b63a717484ff427d2de252b1eca (Compressed Files): Auto Compression normally enabled. diff -r 49280309ccbb -r 7f9d1d01d274 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Sat Apr 30 20:33:27 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Sat Apr 30 20:34:01 2005 +0000 @@ -3030,17 +3030,10 @@ @cindex mode, Auto Compression @pindex gzip -@findex auto-compression-mode -@vindex auto-compression-mode - Emacs comes with a library that can automatically uncompress -compressed files when you visit them, and automatically recompress them -if you alter them and save them. To enable this feature, type the -command @kbd{M-x auto-compression-mode}. You can enable it permanently -by customizing the variable @code{auto-compression-mode}. - - When automatic compression (which implies automatic uncompression as -well) is enabled, Emacs recognizes compressed files by their file names. -File names ending in @samp{.gz} indicate a file compressed with + Emacs automatically uncompresses compressed files when you visit +them, and automatically recompress them if you alter them and save +them. Emacs recognizes compressed files by their file names. File +names ending in @samp{.gz} indicate a file compressed with @code{gzip}. Other endings indicate other compression programs. Automatic uncompression and compression apply to all the operations in @@ -3048,6 +3041,12 @@ saving it, inserting its contents into a buffer, loading it, and byte compiling it. +@findex auto-compression-mode +@vindex auto-compression-mode + To disable this feature, type the command @kbd{M-x +auto-compression-mode}. You can disenable it permanently by +customizing the variable @code{auto-compression-mode}. + @node File Archives @section File Archives @cindex mode, tar