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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2006-01-21 11:39:05 +0000 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2006-01-21 11:39:05 +0000 |
commit | f70c5e4559edc13c739100d32c2e563d89ad9836 (patch) | |
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(File Aliases): Don't claim that usually separate buffers are created for two
file names that name the same data. Mention additional situations where
different names mean the same file on disk.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index d599e576e94..7b08fc5c791 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1150,21 +1150,20 @@ either name to refer to the file, but @file{bar} is the real name, while @file{foo} is just an alias. More complex cases occur when symbolic links point to directories. - If you visit two names for the same file, normally Emacs makes -two different buffers, but it warns you about the situation. - @vindex find-file-existing-other-name @vindex find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings + Normally, if you visit a file which Emacs is already visiting under a different name, Emacs displays a message in the echo area and uses the existing buffer visiting that file. This can happen on systems -that support symbolic links, or if you use a long file name on a -system that truncates long file names. You can suppress the message by -setting the variable @code{find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings} to a -non-@code{nil} value. You can disable this feature entirely by setting -the variable @code{find-file-existing-other-name} to @code{nil}: then -if you visit the same file under two different names, you get a separate -buffer for each file name. +that support hard or symbolic links, or if you use a long file name on +a system that truncates long file names, or on a case-insensitive file +system. You can suppress the message by setting the variable +@code{find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings} to a non-@code{nil} +value. You can disable this feature entirely by setting the variable +@code{find-file-existing-other-name} to @code{nil}: then if you visit +the same file under two different names, you get a separate buffer for +each file name. @vindex find-file-visit-truename @cindex truenames of files |