# HG changeset patch # User Gerd Moellmann # Date 973616011 0 # Node ID 7b666d4d40077a1ed983aa362862a36ca251321d # Parent 8239087d52c59e7976ac4da67a6b6ae6b89866e2 (File Aliases): Change description of find-file-existing-other-name to match its default value. diff -r 8239087d52c5 -r 7b666d4d4007 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Tue Nov 07 16:39:24 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Tue Nov 07 16:53:31 2000 +0000 @@ -972,10 +972,12 @@ If you visit two names for the same file, normally Emacs makes two different buffers, but it warns you about the situation. -@vindex find-file-existing-other-name - If you wish to avoid visiting the same file in two buffers under -different names, set the variable @code{find-file-existing-other-name} -to a non-@code{nil} value. Then @code{find-file} uses the existing +@vindex find-file-existing-other-name + + If Emacs should use different buffers when visiting the same file +under different names, set the variable +@code{find-file-existing-other-name} to @code{nil}. A non-@code{nil} +value, which is the default, means @code{find-file} uses the existing buffer visiting the file, no matter which of the file's names you specify.