Mercurial > emacs
changeset 60444:78a2cd972ba1
(Writing to Files): Get rid of "Emacs 21".
(Unique File Names): Likewise.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sun, 06 Mar 2005 18:14:33 +0000 |
| parents | 055a220b8a69 |
| children | 823da03182ac |
| files | lispref/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/files.texi Sun Mar 06 18:13:34 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/files.texi Sun Mar 06 18:14:33 2005 +0000 @@ -578,16 +578,15 @@ this case. If @var{append} is non-@code{nil}, then the specified text is appended -to the existing file contents (if any). Starting in Emacs 21, if -@var{append} is an integer, then @code{write-region} seeks to that byte -offset from the start of the file and writes the data from there. +to the existing file contents (if any). If @var{append} is an +integer, @code{write-region} seeks to that byte offset from the start +of the file and writes the data from there. If @var{mustbenew} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{write-region} asks -for confirmation if @var{filename} names an existing file. -Starting in Emacs 21, if @var{mustbenew} is the symbol @code{excl}, -then @code{write-region} does not ask for confirmation, but instead -it signals an error @code{file-already-exists} if the file already -exists. +for confirmation if @var{filename} names an existing file. If +@var{mustbenew} is the symbol @code{excl}, then @code{write-region} +does not ask for confirmation, but instead it signals an error +@code{file-already-exists} if the file already exists. The test for an existing file, when @var{mustbenew} is @code{excl}, uses a special system feature. At least for files on a local disk, there is @@ -2013,7 +2012,7 @@ @subsection Generating Unique File Names Some programs need to write temporary files. Here is the usual way to -construct a name for such a file, starting in Emacs 21: +construct a name for such a file: @example (make-temp-file @var{name-of-application}) @@ -2106,7 +2105,7 @@ @tindex small-temporary-file-directory @defvar small-temporary-file-directory -This variable (new in Emacs 21) specifies the directory name for +This variable specifies the directory name for creating certain temporary files, which are likely to be small. If you want to write a temporary file which is likely to be small, you