[Emacs-diffs] emacs/lisp format.el

[Glenn Morris]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Glenn Morris <gm>       08/11/28 03:30:45

Modified files:
        lisp           : format.el 

Log message:
        (format-write-file): Improve previous doc fix.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/lisp/format.el?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.62&r2=1.63

Patches:
Index: format.el
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/format.el,v
retrieving revision 1.62
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -b -r1.62 -r1.63
--- format.el   20 Nov 2008 02:44:05 -0000      1.62
+++ format.el   28 Nov 2008 03:30:41 -0000      1.63
@@ -361,16 +361,18 @@
 (defun format-write-file (filename format &optional confirm)
   "Write current buffer into file FILENAME using some FORMAT.
 Make buffer visit that file and set the format as the default for future
-saves.  If the buffer is already visiting a file, you can specify a directory
-name as FILENAME, to write a file of the same old name in that directory.
+saves (see below).  If the buffer is already visiting a file, you can
+specify a directory name as FILENAME, to write a file of the same old name
+in that directory.
 
 If optional third arg CONFIRM is non-nil, ask for confirmation before
 overwriting an existing file.  Interactively, confirmation is required
 unless you supply a prefix argument.
 
-The buffer-local value of `buffer-file-format' is set to FORMAT,
-and any original elements (except those with a non-nil `preserve' flag;
-see the documentation of `format-alist') are replaced."
+This function sets the buffer-local value of `buffer-file-format'
+to FORMAT, then appends any elements from the previous value with
+a non-nil `preserve' flag (see the documentation of `format-alist'),
+if they are not already present in the new value."
   (interactive
    ;; Same interactive spec as write-file, plus format question.
    (let* ((file (if buffer-file-name