[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/view.el,v

[Martin Rudalics]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Martin Rudalics <m061211>       08/01/27 22:19:44

Index: view.el
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/view.el,v
retrieving revision 1.93
retrieving revision 1.94
diff -u -b -r1.93 -r1.94
--- view.el     25 Jan 2008 04:40:09 -0000      1.93
+++ view.el     27 Jan 2008 22:19:43 -0000      1.94
@@ -332,7 +332,12 @@
 
 Optional argument EXIT-ACTION is either nil or a function with buffer as
 argument.  This function is called when finished viewing buffer.  Use
-this argument instead of explicitly setting `view-exit-action'."
+this argument instead of explicitly setting `view-exit-action'.
+
+Do not set EXIT-ACTION to `kill-buffer' when BUFFER visits a
+file: Users may suspend viewing in order to modify the buffer.
+Exiting View mode will then discard the user's edits.  Setting
+EXIT-ACTION to `kill-buffer-if-not-modified' avoids this."
   (interactive "bView buffer: ")
   (let ((undo-window (list (window-buffer) (window-start) (window-point))))
     (switch-to-buffer buffer)