changeset 99999:57eefe5edf84

(Format Conversion Round-Trip): Improve previous change.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:32:06 +0000
parents 740b02d3ea96
children c59c0948852b
files doc/lispref/files.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi	Fri Nov 28 03:31:30 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi	Fri Nov 28 03:32:06 2008 +0000
@@ -2985,8 +2985,9 @@
 This command writes the current buffer contents into the file
 @var{file} in format @var{format}, and makes that format the default
 for future saves of the buffer.  That is, it sets the buffer-local value
-of @code{buffer-file-format} to @var{format}, and replaces any existing
-elements (except any with a non-nil @var{preserve} flag; see above).
+of @code{buffer-file-format} to @var{format}.  It then appends any
+elements of the previous value with a non-nil @var{preserve} flag (see
+above), if they are not already present in the new value.
 The argument @var{format} is a list of format names.
 Except for the @var{format} argument, this command
 is similar to @code{write-file}.  In particular, @var{confirm} has the