From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:31:57 +0000 (+0300) Subject: ; * doc/emacs/files.texi (Backup): Clarify "saving" (bug#70326). X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/1%29.4+1-4+rpi1~1^2~2^2~17^2~66 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4cefa3c0b1f7270ca5317caa02101a0257595b9c;p=emacs.git ; * doc/emacs/files.texi (Backup): Clarify "saving" (bug#70326). --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index d074a55b762..393c4728422 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -569,9 +569,10 @@ Emacs carefully copies the old contents to another file, called the @dfn{backup} file, before actually saving. Emacs makes a backup for a file only the first time the file is -saved from a buffer. No matter how many times you subsequently save -the file, its backup remains unchanged. However, if you kill the -buffer and then visit the file again, a new backup file will be made. +saved from the buffer that visits it. No matter how many times you +subsequently save the file, its backup remains unchanged. However, if +you kill the buffer and then visit the file again, a new backup file +will be made. For most files, the variable @code{make-backup-files} determines whether to make backup files. On most operating systems, its default