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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/format.el | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/format.el b/lisp/format.el index b58a265dcc2..8e114c83b5b 100644 --- a/lisp/format.el +++ b/lisp/format.el @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ nil iso-spanish iso-cvt-read-only t nil)) "List of information about understood file formats. -Elements are of the form \(NAME DOC-STR REGEXP FROM-FN TO-FN MODIFY MODE-FN). +Elements are of the form +\(NAME DOC-STR REGEXP FROM-FN TO-FN MODIFY MODE-FN PRESERVE). NAME is a symbol, which is stored in `buffer-file-format'. @@ -365,7 +366,11 @@ name as FILENAME, to write a file of the same old name in that directory. If optional third arg CONFIRM is non-nil, ask for confirmation before overwriting an existing file. Interactively, confirmation is required -unless you supply a prefix argument." +unless you supply a prefix argument. + +The buffer-local value of `buffer-file-format' is set to FORMAT, +and any original elements (except those with a non-nil `preserve' flag; +see the documentation of `format-alist') are replaced." (interactive ;; Same interactive spec as write-file, plus format question. (let* ((file (if buffer-file-name |