Mercurial > emacs
changeset 56149:0e86f3e9a45d
(Auto Reverting Dired): Minor changes.
author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
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date | Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:16:36 +0000 |
parents | dbab365230eb |
children | 52798bcd26d1 |
files | man/emacs-xtra.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/emacs-xtra.texi Thu Jun 17 14:44:02 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/emacs-xtra.texi Thu Jun 17 17:16:36 2004 +0000 @@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ @node Auto Reverting Dired @section Auto Reverting Dired buffers -Auto-reverting Dired buffers currently only works satisfactorily on -GNU/Linux and Unix style operating systems. +Auto-reverting Dired buffers currently works on GNU or Unix style +operating systems. It may not work satisfactorily on some other +systems. Dired buffers only auto-revert when the file list of the buffer's main directory changes. They do not auto-revert when information about a @@ -161,16 +162,15 @@ If the Dired buffer is marked modified and there are no changes you want to protect, then most of the time you can make auto-reverting resume by manually reverting the buffer using @kbd{g}. There is one -exception. If you flag or mark files, then, unlike for the Buffer -Menu, you can safely revert the buffer. This will not erase the flags -or marks (unless the marked file has been deleted, of course). -However, the buffer will stay modified, even after reverting, and -auto-reverting will not resume. This is because, if you flag or mark -files, you may be working on the buffer and you might not want the -buffer to change without warning. If you want auto-reverting to -resume in the presence of marks and flags, mark the buffer -non-modified using @kbd{M-~}. However, adding, deleting or changing -marks or flags will mark it modified again. +exception. If you flag or mark files, you can safely revert the +buffer. This will not erase the flags or marks (unless the marked +file has been deleted, of course). However, the buffer will stay +modified, even after reverting, and auto-reverting will not resume. +This is because, if you flag or mark files, you may be working on the +buffer and you might not want the buffer to change without warning. +If you want auto-reverting to resume in the presence of marks and +flags, mark the buffer non-modified using @kbd{M-~}. However, adding, +deleting or changing marks or flags will mark it modified again. Remote Dired buffers are not auto-reverted. Neither are Dired buffers for which you used shell wildcards or file arguments to list only some