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Don't use @samp in an anchor.
Minor cleanup.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Mon, 01 Apr 2002 23:06:21 +0000 |
parents | f7a64b7a993d |
children | 8fe6d54a756b |
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102 @xref{Minibuffer File}. | 102 @xref{Minibuffer File}. |
103 | 103 |
104 @cindex environment variables in file names | 104 @cindex environment variables in file names |
105 @cindex expansion of environment variables | 105 @cindex expansion of environment variables |
106 @cindex @code{$} in file names | 106 @cindex @code{$} in file names |
107 @anchor{File Names with @samp{$}} | 107 @anchor{File Names with $} |
108 @samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables. | 108 @samp{$} in a file name is used to substitute environment variables. |
109 For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export | 109 For example, if you have used the shell command @command{export |
110 FOO=rms/hacks} to set up an environment variable named @env{FOO}, then | 110 FOO=rms/hacks} to set up an environment variable named @env{FOO}, then |
111 you can use @file{/u/$FOO/test.c} or @file{/u/$@{FOO@}/test.c} as an | 111 you can use @file{/u/$FOO/test.c} or @file{/u/$@{FOO@}/test.c} as an |
112 abbreviation for @file{/u/rms/hacks/test.c}. The environment variable | 112 abbreviation for @file{/u/rms/hacks/test.c}. The environment variable |
1046 recover are present in Emacs buffers. You should then save them. Only | 1046 recover are present in Emacs buffers. You should then save them. Only |
1047 this---saving them---updates the files themselves. | 1047 this---saving them---updates the files themselves. |
1048 | 1048 |
1049 @vindex auto-save-list-file-prefix | 1049 @vindex auto-save-list-file-prefix |
1050 Emacs records interrupted sessions for later recovery in files named | 1050 Emacs records interrupted sessions for later recovery in files named |
1051 @file{~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-@var{pid}-@var{hostname}}. The | 1051 @file{~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-@var{pid}-@var{hostname}}. All |
1052 @samp{~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-} portion of these names comes | 1052 of this name except @file{@var{pid}-@var{hostname}} comes from the |
1053 from the value of @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix}. You can record | 1053 value of @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix}. You can record sessions |
1054 sessions in a different place by customizing that variable. If you | 1054 in a different place by customizing that variable. If you set |
1055 set @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix} to @code{nil} in your | 1055 @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix} to @code{nil} in your @file{.emacs} |
1056 @file{.emacs} file, sessions are not recorded for recovery. | 1056 file, sessions are not recorded for recovery. |
1057 | 1057 |
1058 @node File Aliases | 1058 @node File Aliases |
1059 @section File Name Aliases | 1059 @section File Name Aliases |
1060 | 1060 |
1061 Symbolic links and hard links both make it possible for several file | 1061 Symbolic links and hard links both make it possible for several file |
3035 refers to a file whose name is @file{~hack} in directory @file{/tmp}. | 3035 refers to a file whose name is @file{~hack} in directory @file{/tmp}. |
3036 | 3036 |
3037 Quoting with @samp{/:} is also a way to enter in the minibuffer a | 3037 Quoting with @samp{/:} is also a way to enter in the minibuffer a |
3038 file name that contains @samp{$}. In order for this to work, the | 3038 file name that contains @samp{$}. In order for this to work, the |
3039 @samp{/:} must be at the beginning of the minibuffer contents. (You | 3039 @samp{/:} must be at the beginning of the minibuffer contents. (You |
3040 can also double each @samp{$}; see @ref{File Names with @samp{$}}.) | 3040 can also double each @samp{$}; see @ref{File Names with $}.) |
3041 | 3041 |
3042 You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting. | 3042 You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting. |
3043 For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file | 3043 For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file |
3044 @file{/tmp/foo*bar}. | 3044 @file{/tmp/foo*bar}. |
3045 | 3045 |