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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2018-06-02 10:29:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2018-06-02 10:29:37 -0700 |
| commit | 02c7d45d490dd28a1c4effa928f9a8b9373149b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 670652f24cf21779b201e11a55ebce64158fb39c /doc/emacs/files.texi | |
| parent | 0aaf14a441041fa8b5810ae0eec624011b53bb4c (diff) | |
| parent | 90bea37d466f47a65f3790b4bc46b11af9a4a27a (diff) | |
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Merge from origin/emacs-26
90bea37 ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Fix fvwm version number in last commit
af82d1f * etc/PROBLEMS: Document stickyness problem with FVWM (Bug#31...
4a3aed2 Update Emacs Lisp Intro to match current behavior
21f2247 Merge branch 'emacs-26' of git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/emac...
3257085 Fix previous commit
6d23525 Fix typos in several manuals (Bug#31610)
9188291 Add detailed documentation about lock files
e5471b2 Add commentary for subtle aspect of frame.el
Conflicts:
doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index 79420878e85..7043bdc0688 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -769,13 +769,16 @@ file. @findex ask-user-about-lock @cindex locking files +@cindex .#, lock file names +@cindex file locking When you make the first modification in an Emacs buffer that is visiting a file, Emacs records that the file is @dfn{locked} by you. (It does this by creating a specially-named symbolic link@footnote{If your file system does not support symbolic links, a regular file is -used.} with special contents in the same directory.) Emacs removes the lock -when you save the changes. The idea is that the file is locked -whenever an Emacs buffer visiting it has unsaved changes. +used.} with special contents in the same directory. @xref{File +Locks,,, elisp} for more details.) Emacs removes the lock when you +save the changes. The idea is that the file is locked whenever an +Emacs buffer visiting it has unsaved changes. @vindex create-lockfiles You can prevent the creation of lock files by setting the variable |