Elisp manual: Mention 'write-region' for saving the buffer

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Save Commands):  Mention
'write-region'.  (Bug#67313)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 29cc22e75576bcf1a95efbbb89cab329843a9235..f0160c692dabd435ab1632b714cdad300d3b28cb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -547,6 +547,10 @@ buffer name with the buffer's default directory (@pxref{File Names}).
 to that major mode, in most cases.  The command
 @code{set-visited-file-name} also does this.  @xref{Choosing Modes}.
 
+   If you wish to save the current buffer to a different file without
+visiting it, use @code{mark-whole-buffer} (@kbd C-x h), then @kbd{M-x
+write-region} (@pxref{Misc File Ops}
+
   If Emacs is about to save a file and sees that the date of the latest
 version on disk does not match what Emacs last read or wrote, Emacs
 notifies you of this fact, because it probably indicates a problem caused