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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 9edbcdc449e..5d7eff99548 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ from `mode-require-final-newline'." :type '(choice (const :tag "When visiting" visit) (const :tag "When saving" t) (const :tag "When visiting or saving" visit-save) - (const :tag "Never" nil) + (const :tag "Don't add newlines" nil) (other :tag "Ask" ask)) :group 'editing-basics) @@ -300,15 +300,16 @@ A value of t means do this only when the file is about to be saved. A value of `visit' means do this right after the file is visited. A value of `visit-save' means do it at both of those times. Any other non-nil value means ask user whether to add a newline, when saving. -nil means do not add newlines when saving. -If you set this to nil, you must be careful to manually add a final newline -whenever you save a file that really needs one." +nil means do not add newlines. That is a risky choice in this variable +since this value is used for modes for files that ought to have final newlines. +So if you set this to nil, you must explicitly check and add +a final newline, whenever you save a file that really needs one." :type '(choice (const :tag "When visiting" visit) (const :tag "When saving" t) (const :tag "When visiting or saving" visit-save) - (other :tag "Ask" ask) - (const :tag "Don't add newlines" nil)) + (const :tag "Don't add newlines" nil) + (other :tag "Ask each time" ask)) :group 'editing-basics :version "22.1") |