GNU bug report logs - #70326
30.0.50; Backup Files documentation does not match observed behaviour

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Message #13 received at 70326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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 20:53:53 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> "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.

To reproduce the issue, you can also type a letter and then use C-x C-s
(i.e., save-buffer), and observe the same effect: A backup file is not
created, even though a file is saved for the first time from a buffer.

All the best,
Markus

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