# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1143547440 0 # Node ID 554f72770ff7cadb00fba2e375b8483c427fcf0a # Parent 29132bd8c88656523b681f078a30a839cfaa1299 (File Name Cache): Make it clear that the cache is not persistent. diff -r 29132bd8c886 -r 554f72770ff7 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Tue Mar 28 11:25:17 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Tue Mar 28 12:04:00 2006 +0000 @@ -3417,9 +3417,9 @@ When typing a file name in the minibuffer, @kbd{C-@key{tab}} (@code{file-cache-minibuffer-complete}) completes it using the file name cache. If you repeat @kbd{C-@key{tab}}, that cycles through the -possible completions of what you had originally typed. Note that the -@kbd{C-@key{tab}} character cannot be typed on most text-only -terminals. +possible completions of what you had originally typed. (However, note +that the @kbd{C-@key{tab}} character cannot be typed on most text-only +terminals.) The file name cache does not fill up automatically. Instead, you load file names into the cache using these commands: @@ -3444,6 +3444,10 @@ Clear the cache; that is, remove all file names from it. @end table + The file name cache is not persistent: it is kept and maintained +only for the duration of the Emacs session. You can view the contents +of the cache with the @code{file-cache-display} command. + @node File Conveniences @section Convenience Features for Finding Files