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diff --git a/etc/TUTORIAL b/etc/TUTORIAL index 91160d8aa20..5ffc76caa03 100644 --- a/etc/TUTORIAL +++ b/etc/TUTORIAL @@ -558,6 +558,24 @@ to replace it with--each one ended with a Return. after the cursor. +* AUTO SAVE +----------- + +When you have made changes in a file, but you have not saved them yet, +they could be lost if your computer crashes. To protect you from +this, Emacs writes "auto save" files periodically. The auto save file +name as a # at the beginning and the end; for example, if your file is +named "hello.c", its auto save file's name is "#hello.c#". When you +save the file in the normal way, its auto save file is no longer +necessary so Emacs deletes it. + +If the computer crashes, you can recover your auto-saved editing by +finding the file normally (the file you were editing, not the auto +save file) and then typing M-x recover file<return>. When it asks for +confirmation, type yes<return> to go ahead and recover the auto-save +data. + + * MODE LINE ----------- |