From 4a630427b5591568589d2a6b0aae25ae4193db16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 06:29:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Talk about auto save. --- etc/TUTORIAL | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/TUTORIAL b/etc/TUTORIAL index 91160d8aa20..5ffc76caa03 100644 --- a/etc/TUTORIAL +++ b/etc/TUTORIAL @@ -558,6 +558,24 @@ to replace it with--each one ended with a Return. after the cursor. +* AUTO SAVE +----------- + +When you have made changes in a file, but you have not saved them yet, +they could be lost if your computer crashes. To protect you from +this, Emacs writes "auto save" files periodically. The auto save file +name as a # at the beginning and the end; for example, if your file is +named "hello.c", its auto save file's name is "#hello.c#". When you +save the file in the normal way, its auto save file is no longer +necessary so Emacs deletes it. + +If the computer crashes, you can recover your auto-saved editing by +finding the file normally (the file you were editing, not the auto +save file) and then typing M-x recover file. When it asks for +confirmation, type yes to go ahead and recover the auto-save +data. + + * MODE LINE ----------- -- 2.39.5