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| author | Jimmy Aguilar Mena <spacibba@aol.com> | 2020-09-15 13:19:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Jimmy Aguilar Mena <spacibba@aol.com> | 2020-09-15 13:19:13 +0200 |
| commit | 4409ef6deade193058ad74f80c41eb72265645d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d79481aa12256ae0ffcbce8f5bf5af2aa72da27 | |
| parent | 5a19bd834ef8d33716b65cbf2c0ca93b3aa9c618 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-feature/uniquify-as-function.tar.gz | |
Document use of uniquify-buffer-name-style as a function.feature/uniquify-as-function
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/buffers.texi | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi index 89ed470c055..aad91207151 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi @@ -697,6 +697,17 @@ forward order after the file name, as in @samp{file|top/middle}. If @code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} is set to @code{nil}, the buffer names simply get @samp{<2>}, @samp{<3>}, etc.@: appended. + The value of @code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} can be set to a +customized function with two mandatory arguments @var{base} and +@var{extra-strings} where @var{base} is a string and +@var{extra-strings} is a list of strings. For example the current +implementation for @code{post-forward-angle-brackets} could be: + +@example +(defun my-post-forward-angle-brackets (base extra-string) + (concat base \"<\" (mapconcat 'identity extra-string \"/\") \">\")) +@end example + Which rule to follow for putting the directory names in the buffer name is not very important if you are going to @emph{look} at the buffer names before you type one. But as an experienced user, if you @@ -1425,6 +1425,12 @@ truncating precision field, such as "%.2a". This can be used to parse RGB color specs in several formats and convert them to a list '(R G B)' of primary color values. +--- +** Variable 'uniquify-buffer-name-style' can now be a function. +This variable can be one of the predefined styles or a function to +personalize the uniquified buffer name. + + * Changes in Emacs 28.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems |