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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-08 00:41:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-08 00:41:27 -0700 |
| commit | 99d8aedf0d6ab3fff025f72daf1f9bd28b07a8d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 98f15969887d9453ae88fd66eb4d1d1fa3eafa01 /lisp/uniquify.el | |
| parent | b6542afeae56abe6b20019df63b76539728fca54 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-99d8aedf0d6ab3fff025f72daf1f9bd28b07a8d2.tar.gz | |
Doc edits re uniquify
* doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Uniquify): Copyedits.
* doc/emacs/files.texi (Visiting): Update for uniquify changes.
* doc/lispref/files.texi (Subroutines of Visiting): Mention uniquify.
* doc/misc/vip.texi (Files): Defer to Emacs manual for uniquify details.
* lisp/bookmark.el (bookmark-load): Doc fix.
* lisp/uniquify.el (uniquify-buffer-name-style): Doc fix.
* lisp/files.el: Comment.
* etc/NEWS: Related edit.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/uniquify.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/uniquify.el | 30 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/uniquify.el b/lisp/uniquify.el index 5d973c72897..f0e86dc544f 100644 --- a/lisp/uniquify.el +++ b/lisp/uniquify.el @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ;;; Commentary: -;; Emacs's standard method for making buffer names unique adds <2>, <3>, +;; Emacs's traditional method for making buffer names unique adds <2>, <3>, ;; etc. to the end of (all but one of) the buffers. This file replaces ;; that behavior, for buffers visiting files and dired buffers, with a ;; uniquification that adds parts of the file name until the buffer names @@ -94,23 +94,27 @@ (defcustom uniquify-buffer-name-style 'post-forward-angle-brackets - "If non-nil, buffer names are uniquified with parts of directory name. -The value determines the buffer name style and is one of `forward', -`reverse', `post-forward', or `post-forward-angle-brackets'. -For example, files `/foo/bar/mumble/name' and `/baz/quux/mumble/name' + "How to construct unique buffer names for files with the same base name. +The value can be one of: `forward', `reverse', `post-forward', +`post-forward-angle-brackets', or nil. + +For example, the files `/foo/bar/mumble/name' and `/baz/quux/mumble/name' would have the following buffer names in the various styles: - forward bar/mumble/name quux/mumble/name - reverse name\\mumble\\bar name\\mumble\\quux - post-forward name|bar/mumble name|quux/mumble - post-forward-angle-brackets name<bar/mumble> name<quux/mumble> - nil name name<2> -Of course, the \"mumble\" part may be stripped as well, depending on the setting -of `uniquify-strip-common-suffix'." + + forward bar/mumble/name quux/mumble/name + reverse name\\mumble\\bar name\\mumble\\quux + post-forward name|bar/mumble name|quux/mumble + post-forward-angle-brackets name<bar/mumble> name<quux/mumble> + nil name name<2> + +The \"mumble\" part may be stripped as well, depending on the +setting of `uniquify-strip-common-suffix'. For more options that +you can set, browse the `uniquify' custom group." :type '(radio (const forward) (const reverse) (const post-forward) (const post-forward-angle-brackets) - (const :tag "standard Emacs behavior (nil)" nil)) + (const :tag "numeric suffixes" nil)) :version "24.4" :require 'uniquify :group 'uniquify) |