From dc10fd180099cfb47de743066114c587e4d4a232 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:06:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Copyrights, Timestamps): Recommend `before-save-hook' instead of `write-file-functions'. --- man/autotype.texi | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/autotype.texi b/man/autotype.texi index 5b24f26f2f5..16e88851c4b 100644 --- a/man/autotype.texi +++ b/man/autotype.texi @@ -456,16 +456,19 @@ wrong version of the GNU General Public License (@pxref{(emacs)Copying}) is foun that is updated too. An interesting application for this function is to have it be called -automatically every time a file is saved. This is accomplished by putting -@code{(add-hook 'write-file-functions 'copyright-update)} into your @file{~/.emacs} -file (@pxref{(emacs)Init File}). +automatically every time a file is saved. This is accomplished by +putting @code{(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'copyright-update)} into +your @file{~/.emacs} file (@pxref{(emacs)Init File}). Alternative, +you can do @kbd{M-x customize-variable @key{RET} before-save-hook +@key{RET}}. @code{copyright-update} is conveniently listed as an +option in the customization buffer. @vindex copyright-query The variable @code{copyright-query} controls whether to update the copyright or whether to ask about it. When this is @code{nil} updating is only done with @kbd{M-x copyright-update}. When this is @code{function} you are queried whenever @code{copyright-update} is called as a function, -such as in the @code{write-file-functions} feature mentioned above. Otherwise +such as in the @code{before-save-hook} feature mentioned above. Otherwise you are always queried. @@ -522,11 +525,13 @@ The ``interpreter'' used is @code{executable-self-display} with argument @cindex timestamps @findex time-stamp -@vindex write-file-functions +@vindex before-save-hook The @code{time-stamp} command can be used to update automatically a template in a file with a new time stamp every time you save the file. -Customize the hook @code{write-file-functions} to add the function -@code{time-stamp} to arrange this. +Customize the hook @code{before-save-hook} to add the function +@code{time-stamp} to arrange this. It you use Custom to do this, +then @code{time-stamp} is conveniently listed as an option in the +customization buffer. @vindex time-stamp-active @vindex time-stamp-format -- 2.30.2