changeset 34115:2d8a69640e7f

Elaborate on the normal operation with find-file-existing-other-name set to t.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 02 Dec 2000 15:23:24 +0000
parents 426e7abc44da
children 1c497211a58d
files man/files.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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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