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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 68a1284b386..9f22210e2a0 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -337,7 +337,11 @@ Any other non-nil value means ask user whether to add a newline, when saving. A value of nil means don't add newlines. Certain major modes set this locally to the value obtained -from `mode-require-final-newline'." +from `mode-require-final-newline'. + +This variable is only heeded when visiting files (or saving +visited files). Writing data to the file system with +`write-region' and the like is not influenced by this variable." :safe #'symbolp :type '(choice (const :tag "When visiting" visit) (const :tag "When saving" t) |