Mercurial > emacs
changeset 79575:9372af25fc19
(Auto Save): Clarify definition of auto-saving.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:45:30 +0000 |
| parents | 771e26cb33dd |
| children | a1667b17853a |
| files | man/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/files.texi Sat Dec 15 22:39:21 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Sat Dec 15 22:45:30 2007 +0000 @@ -997,10 +997,11 @@ @cindex mode, Auto Save @cindex crashes - Emacs saves all the visited files from time to time (based on counting -your keystrokes) without being asked. This is called @dfn{auto-saving}. -It prevents you from losing more than a limited amount of work if the -system crashes. + Emacs saves all the visited files from time to time (based on +counting your keystrokes) without being asked, in separate files so as +not to alter the files you actually use. This is called +@dfn{auto-saving}. It prevents you from losing more than a limited +amount of work if the system crashes. When Emacs determines that it is time for auto-saving, it considers each buffer, and each is auto-saved if auto-saving is enabled for it