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diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index a13a2c5bb0c..f0a11fde555 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ saved it. If the file has changed, Emacs offers to reread it. If you try to visit a file larger than @code{large-file-warning-threshold} (the default is 10000000, which is about 10 megabytes), Emacs asks you for confirmation first. You can -answer @kbd{y} to proceed with visiting the file. Note, however, that +answer @kbd{y} to proceed with visiting the file or @kbd{l} to visit +the file literally (see below). Visiting large files literally speeds +up navigation and editing of such files, because various +potentially-expensive features are turned off. Note, however, that Emacs cannot visit files that are larger than the maximum Emacs buffer size, which is limited by the amount of memory Emacs can allocate and by the integers that Emacs can represent (@pxref{Buffers}). If you @@ -400,11 +403,14 @@ possible responses are analogous to those of @code{query-replace}: @table @kbd @item y +@item @key{SPC} Save this buffer and ask about the rest of the buffers. @item n +@item @key{DEL} Don't save this buffer, but ask about the rest of the buffers. @item ! Save this buffer and all the rest with no more questions. +@item q @c following generates acceptable underfull hbox @item @key{RET} Terminate @code{save-some-buffers} without any more saving. @@ -1306,17 +1312,8 @@ default), and @code{list-directory-verbose-switches} is a string giving the switches to use in a verbose listing (@code{"-l"} by default). -@vindex directory-free-space-program -@vindex directory-free-space-args In verbose directory listings, Emacs adds information about the -amount of free space on the disk that contains the directory. You can -customize how this is done for local filesystems via the variables -@code{directory-free-space-program} and -@code{directory-free-space-args}: the former specifies what program to -run (default: @command{df}), the latter which arguments to pass to -that program (default is system-dependent). (On MS-Windows and -MS-DOS, these two variables are ignored, and an internal Emacs -implementation of the same functionality is used instead.) +amount of free space on the disk that contains the directory. The command @kbd{M-x delete-directory} prompts for a directory's name using the minibuffer, and deletes the directory if it is empty. If @@ -1439,7 +1436,7 @@ remains correct. To disable automatic line number correction, change the variable @code{diff-update-on-the-fly} to @code{nil}. Diff mode treats each hunk as an error message, similar to -Compilation mode. Thus, you can use commands such as @kbd{C-x `} to +Compilation mode. Thus, you can use commands such as @kbd{M-g M-n} to visit the corresponding source locations. @xref{Compilation Mode}. In addition, Diff mode provides the following commands to navigate, |