diff src/buffer.c @ 103917:aa5e8ff5a9c4

* fileio.c (Fwrite_region, Fdo_auto_save): Handle save_length = -2. (Fset_buffer_auto_saved): Handle save_length = -2. Comment changes in other files.

--- a/src/buffer.c	Thu Jul 16 01:24:00 2009 +0000
+++ b/src/buffer.c	Thu Jul 16 01:45:08 2009 +0000
@@ -5853,7 +5853,12 @@
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("buffer-saved-size", &current_buffer->save_length,
 		     make_number (Lisp_Int),
 		     doc: /* Length of current buffer when last read in, saved or auto-saved.
-0 initially.  */);
+0 initially.
+-1 means auto-saving turned off until next real save.
+
+If you set this to -2, that means don't turn off auto-saving in this buffer
+if its text size shrinks.   If you use `buffer-swap-text' on a buffer,
+you probably should set this to -2 in that buffer.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("selective-display", &current_buffer->selective_display,
 		     Qnil,