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changeset 36319:77c56d3f0b8f
(Saving): Update the documentation of require-final-newline.
Suggested by Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:25:13 +0000 |
| parents | 130c11089c1d |
| children | 237695999018 |
| files | man/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/files.texi Fri Feb 23 10:23:08 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Fri Feb 23 10:25:13 2001 +0000 @@ -431,9 +431,12 @@ @xref{Interlocking,, Simultaneous Editing}. @vindex require-final-newline - If the variable @code{require-final-newline} is non-@code{nil}, Emacs -puts a newline at the end of any file that doesn't already end in one, -every time a file is saved or written. The default is @code{nil}. + If the value of the variable @code{require-final-newline} is @code{t}, +Emacs silently puts a newline at the end of any file that doesn't +already end in one, every time a file is saved or written. If the value +is @code{nil}, Emacs leaves the end of the file unchanged; if it's +neither @code{nil} nor @code{t}, Emacs asks you whether to add a +newline. The default is @code{nil}. @menu * Backup:: How Emacs saves the old version of your file.