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diff man/files.texi @ 34115:2d8a69640e7f
Elaborate on the normal operation with find-file-existing-other-name
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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 02 Dec 2000 15:23:24 +0000 |
parents | a81d05721a68 |
children | d3d87c5d1158 |
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--- a/man/files.texi Sat Dec 02 14:48:58 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Sat Dec 02 15:23:24 2000 +0000 @@ -975,6 +975,11 @@ two different buffers, but it warns you about the situation. @vindex find-file-existing-other-name + Normally, if you visit a file which Emacs is already visiting under a +different name, Emacs prints a message in the echo area and uses an +existing buffer, where that file is visited under another name. This +can happen on systems that support symbolic links, or if you use a long +file name on a system which truncates long file names. If Emacs should use different buffers when visiting the same file under different names, set the variable