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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired.el | 16 |
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diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el index 5ad5904c79f..574de7ac3eb 100644 --- a/lisp/dired.el +++ b/lisp/dired.el @@ -913,12 +913,16 @@ This feature is used by Auto Revert mode." (dired-directory-changed-p dirname)))) (defcustom dired-auto-revert-buffer nil - "Automatically revert Dired buffer on revisiting. -If t, revisiting an existing Dired buffer automatically reverts it. -If its value is a function, call this function with the directory -name as single argument and revert the buffer if it returns non-nil. -Otherwise, a message offering to revert the changed dired buffer -is displayed. + "Automatically revert Dired buffers on revisiting their directory. +This option controls whether to refresh the directory listing in a +Dired buffer when the directory that is already in some Dired buffer +is revisited by commands such as \\[dired] and \\[dired-find-file]. +If the value is t, revisiting an existing Dired buffer always reverts it. +If the value is a function, it is called with the directory name as a +single argument, and the buffer is reverted if the function returns non-nil. +One such function is `dired-directory-changed-p', which returns non-nil +if the directory has been changed since it was last revisited. +Otherwise, Emacs prompts whether to revert the changed Dired buffer. Note that this is not the same as `auto-revert-mode' that periodically reverts at specified time intervals." :type '(choice |