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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 5e9dce555ff..292c05b58e4 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -1706,19 +1706,18 @@ rather than FUN itself, to `minibuffer-setup-hook'." (defun find-file (filename &optional wildcards) "Edit file FILENAME. -\\<minibuffer-local-map>Switch to a buffer visiting file FILENAME, -creating one if none already exists. +\\<minibuffer-local-map>Switch to a buffer visiting file FILENAME, creating one if none +already exists. Interactively, the default if you just type RET is the current directory, but the visited file name is available through the minibuffer history: type \\[next-history-element] to pull it into the minibuffer. -The first time \\[next-history-element] is used after Emacs prompts for -the file name, the result is affected by `file-name-at-point-functions', -which by default try to guess the file name by looking at point in the -current buffer. Customize the value of `file-name-at-point-functions' -or set it to nil, if you want only the visited file name and the -current directory to be available on first \\[next-history-element] -request. +The first time \\[next-history-element] is used after Emacs prompts for the file name, +the result is affected by `file-name-at-point-functions', which by +default try to guess the file name by looking at point in the current +buffer. Customize the value of `file-name-at-point-functions' or set +it to nil, if you want only the visited file name and the current +directory to be available on first \\[next-history-element] request. You can visit files on remote machines by specifying something like /ssh:SOME_REMOTE_MACHINE:FILE for the file name. You can |