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(Undo): Update description of `undo-outer-limit'.

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Luc Teirlinck 2005-01-31 23:18:45 +00:00
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@ -399,13 +399,13 @@ value of @code{undo-strong-limit} is 30000.
Regardless of the values of those variables, the most recent change Regardless of the values of those variables, the most recent change
is never discarded unless it gets bigger than @code{undo-outer-limit} is never discarded unless it gets bigger than @code{undo-outer-limit}
(normally 300,000). At that point, Emacs asks whether to discard the (normally 3,000,000). At that point, Emacs discards the undo data and
undo information even for the current command. (You also have the warns you about it. This is the only situation in which you can not
option of quitting.) So there is normally no danger that garbage undo the last command. If this happens, you can increase the value of
collection occurring right after an unintentional large change might @code{undo-outer-limit} to make it even less likely to happen in the
prevent you from undoing it. But if you didn't expect the command future. But if you didn't expect the command to create such large
to create such large undo data, you can get rid of it and prevent undo data, then it is probably a bug and you should report it.
Emacs from running out of memory. @xref{Bugs,, Reporting Bugs}.
The reason the @code{undo} command has two keys, @kbd{C-x u} and The reason the @code{undo} command has two keys, @kbd{C-x u} and
@kbd{C-_}, set up to run it is that it is worthy of a single-character @kbd{C-_}, set up to run it is that it is worthy of a single-character