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master 32f4fa8: ; * doc/lispref/backups.texi (Auto-Saving): Fix wording
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Eli Zaretskii |
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master 32f4fa8: ; * doc/lispref/backups.texi (Auto-Saving): Fix wording of last change. |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:48:03 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 32f4fa80b59513e26a50eebb90045ba4d2a8003f
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
; * doc/lispref/backups.texi (Auto-Saving): Fix wording of last change.
---
doc/lispref/backups.texi | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/backups.texi b/doc/lispref/backups.texi
index e651ef8..3792795 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/backups.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/backups.texi
@@ -467,27 +467,26 @@ non-@code{nil} and @code{buffer-saved-size} (see below)
is non-zero.
@end deffn
@defvar auto-save-file-name-transforms
-This variable lists transforms to apply to buffer file name before
-making auto-save file name.
+This variable lists transforms to apply to buffer's file name before
+making the auto-save file name.
-Each transform is a list of the form @code{(@var{regexp}
-@var{replacement} [@var{uniquify}])}: @var{regexp} is a regular
-expression to match against the file name. If it matches,
+Each transform is a list of the form @w{@code{(@var{regexp}
+@var{replacement} [@var{uniquify}])}}. @var{regexp} is a regular
+expression to match against the file name; if it matches,
@code{replace-match} is used to replace the matching part with
@var{replacement}. If the optional element @var{uniquify} is non-nil,
-the auto-save file name is constructed by taking the directory part of
-the replaced file-name, concatenated with the buffer file name with
-all directory separators changed to @samp{!} to prevent clashes. This
-will not work correctly if your filesystem truncates the resulting
-name.
+the auto-save file name is constructed by concatenating the directory
+part of the transformed file name with the buffer's file name in which
+all directory separators were changed to @samp{!} to prevent clashes.
+(This will not work correctly if your filesystem truncates the
+resulting name.)
All the transforms in the list are tried, in the order they are listed.
When one transform applies, its result is final;
no further transforms are tried.
-The default value is set up to put the auto-save file into the
-temporary directory (@pxref{Unique File Names}) for editing a
-remote file.
+The default value is set up to put the auto-save files of remote files
+into the temporary directory (@pxref{Unique File Names}).
On MS-DOS filesystems without long names this variable is always
ignored.
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