@node Backups and Auto-Saving, Buffers, Files, Top
@chapter Backups and Auto-Saving
@cindex backups and auto-saving
-@cindex back up and auto save
Backup files and auto-save files are two methods by which Emacs tries
to protect the user from the consequences of crashes or of the user's
@node Rename or Copy
@subsection Backup by Renaming or by Copying?
-@cindex backup files, how to make them
+@cindex backup files, rename or copy
There are two ways that Emacs can make a backup file:
@node Auto-Saving
@section Auto-Saving
-@cindex auto-saving
+@c @cindex auto-saving Lots of symbols starting with auto-save here.
Emacs periodically saves all files that you are visiting; this is
called @dfn{auto-saving}. Auto-saving prevents you from losing more
@node Selective Display
@section Selective Display
-@cindex selective display
+@c @cindex selective display Duplicates selective-display
@dfn{Selective display} refers to a pair of related features for
hiding certain lines on the screen.
@cindex automatic face assignment
@cindex faces, automatic choice
-@cindex Font-Lock mode
This hook is used for automatically assigning faces to text in the
buffer. It is part of the implementation of Font-Lock mode.
@node Fringes
@section Fringes
-@cindex Fringes
+@cindex fringes
The @dfn{fringes} of a window are thin vertical strips down the
sides that are used for displaying bitmaps that indicate truncation,
@node Overlay Arrow
@subsection The Overlay Arrow
-@cindex overlay arrow
+@c @cindex overlay arrow Duplicates variable names
The @dfn{overlay arrow} is useful for directing the user's attention
to a particular line in a buffer. For example, in the modes used for
@node Specified Space
@subsection Specified Spaces
@cindex spaces, specified height or width
-@cindex specified spaces
@cindex variable-width spaces
To display a space of specified width and/or height, use a display
@node Buttons
@section Buttons
-@cindex buttons
@cindex buttons in buffers
@cindex clickable buttons in buffers
@node Abstract Display
@section Abstract Display
@cindex ewoc
-@cindex abstract display
@cindex display, abstract
@cindex display, arbitrary objects
@cindex model/view/controller
@node Blinking
@section Blinking Parentheses
@cindex parenthesis matching
-@cindex blinking
+@cindex blinking parentheses
@cindex balancing parentheses
-@cindex close parenthesis
This section describes the mechanism by which Emacs shows a matching
open parenthesis when the user inserts a close parenthesis.
@node Beeping
@section Beeping
-@cindex beeping
+@c @cindex beeping "beep" is adjacent
@cindex bell
This section describes how to make Emacs ring the bell (or blink the
@end defun
@defun point-max-marker
-@cindex end of buffer marker
This function returns a new marker that points to the end of the
accessible portion of the buffer. This will be the end of the buffer
unless narrowing is in effect. @xref{Narrowing}.
@end defun
@defopt transient-mark-mode
-@cindex Transient Mark mode
+@c @cindex Transient Mark mode Redundant
This variable if non-@code{nil} enables Transient Mark mode, in which
every buffer-modifying primitive sets @code{deactivate-mark}. The
consequence of this is that commands that modify the buffer normally
@node The Region
@section The Region
-@cindex region between mark and point
+@cindex region (between point and mark)
The text between point and the mark is known as @dfn{the region}.
Various functions operate on text delimited by point and the mark, but