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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 9fcab85: Improve documentation of auto-save-visit


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 9fcab85: Improve documentation of auto-save-visited-file-name
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:36:14 +0000 (UTC)

branch: emacs-25
commit 9fcab85efd10090786266610f4dbb83ee0da4b31
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    Improve documentation of auto-save-visited-file-name
    
    * doc/emacs/files.texi (Auto Save Files): Mention subtle
    differences between saving the buffer and auto-saving with
    auto-save-visited-file-name set non-nil.  (Bug#25478)
---
 doc/emacs/files.texi |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 47f9281..efe4156 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -1038,8 +1038,10 @@ auto-save-mode}.
   If you want auto-saving to be done in the visited file rather than
 in a separate auto-save file, set the variable
 @code{auto-save-visited-file-name} to a address@hidden value.  In this
-mode, there is no real difference between auto-saving and explicit
-saving.
+mode, auto-saving is very similar to explicit saving.  However,
+differences still exist, in particular for modes which modify the
+buffer-saving process in non-trivial ways via various hooks
+(@pxref{Saving Buffers,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}).
 
 @vindex delete-auto-save-files
   A buffer's auto-save file is deleted when you save the buffer in its



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