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30.0.50; Backup Files documentation does not match observed behaviour

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at>
Cc: 70326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70326: 30.0.50;
 Backup Files documentation does not match observed behaviour
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:28:47 +0300

tags 70326 notabug
thanks

> From: Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at>
> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:24:53 +0200
> 
> In 19.3.2 Backup Files, we read:
> 
>    "Emacs makes a backup for a file only the first time the file is saved
>     from a buffer."
> 
> However, when I launch Emacs with:
> 
>     $ emacs -Q
> 
> and then do:
> 
>     C-x C-w backup.txt RET

"C-x C-w" is not "saving the file from a buffer".  "C-h c" says that
"C-x C-w runs the command write-file".  So I don't see anything wrong
with what the manual says.

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