# HG changeset patch
# User John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
# Date 989466694 0
# Node ID 74b3a3b5aa87f1be82527ee92befb71003d4cfe9
# Parent  57b1caf0c3b69c18d2eaf653fb1fd21839daad5b
(eshell-convert-numeric-arguments): Annotated the documentation string
to tell users about `eshell-no-numeric-conversions'.

diff -r 57b1caf0c3b6 -r 74b3a3b5aa87 lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el	Thu May 10 03:50:53 2001 +0000
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el	Thu May 10 03:51:34 2001 +0000
@@ -84,7 +84,18 @@
 (defcustom eshell-convert-numeric-arguments t
   "*If non-nil, converting arguments of numeric form to Lisp numbers.
 Numeric form is tested using the regular expression
-`eshell-number-regexp'."
+`eshell-number-regexp'.
+
+NOTE: If you find that numeric conversions are intefering with the
+specification of filenames (for example, in calling `find-file', or
+some other Lisp function that deals with files, not numbers), add the
+following in your .emacs file:
+
+  (put 'find-file 'eshell-no-numeric-conversions t)
+
+Any function with the property `eshell-no-numeric-conversions' set to
+a non-nil value, will be passed strings, not numbers, even when an
+argument matches `eshell-number-regexp'."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'eshell-util)