From 53ca1e1acff83d5d1a55aa8c04071ceebf21b307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:36:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Index tilde characters in names of backup files * doc/emacs/files.texi (Backup Names): Improve indexing. (Bug#22625) --- doc/emacs/files.texi | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index 3d5562dcc47..ab20d4a18f9 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -530,11 +530,16 @@ another from the newly saved contents if you save again. @node Backup Names @subsubsection Single or Numbered Backups +@cindex backup file names +@cindex names of backup files +@cindex @file{~}, in names of backup files +@cindex tilde (@file{~}) at end of backup file name When Emacs makes a backup file, its name is normally constructed by appending @samp{~} to the file name being edited; thus, the backup file for @file{eval.c} would be @file{eval.c~}. +@cindex @file{~/.emacs.d/%backup%~} If access control stops Emacs from writing backup files under the usual names, it writes the backup file as @file{~/.emacs.d/%backup%~}. Only one such file can exist, so only the most recently made such -- 2.39.5