@cindex mode, Auto Compression
@pindex gzip
-@findex auto-compression-mode
-@vindex auto-compression-mode
- Emacs comes with a library that can automatically uncompress
-compressed files when you visit them, and automatically recompress them
-if you alter them and save them. To enable this feature, type the
-command @kbd{M-x auto-compression-mode}. You can enable it permanently
-by customizing the variable @code{auto-compression-mode}.
-
- When automatic compression (which implies automatic uncompression as
-well) is enabled, Emacs recognizes compressed files by their file names.
-File names ending in @samp{.gz} indicate a file compressed with
+ Emacs automatically uncompresses compressed files when you visit
+them, and automatically recompress them if you alter them and save
+them. Emacs recognizes compressed files by their file names. File
+names ending in @samp{.gz} indicate a file compressed with
@code{gzip}. Other endings indicate other compression programs.
Automatic uncompression and compression apply to all the operations in
saving it, inserting its contents into a buffer, loading it, and byte
compiling it.
+@findex auto-compression-mode
+@vindex auto-compression-mode
+ To disable this feature, type the command @kbd{M-x
+auto-compression-mode}. You can disenable it permanently by
+customizing the variable @code{auto-compression-mode}.
+
@node File Archives
@section File Archives
@cindex mode, tar