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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-06-08 00:41:27 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-06-08 00:41:27 -0700
commit99d8aedf0d6ab3fff025f72daf1f9bd28b07a8d2 (patch)
tree98f15969887d9453ae88fd66eb4d1d1fa3eafa01 /lisp
parentb6542afeae56abe6b20019df63b76539728fca54 (diff)
downloademacs-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')
-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--lisp/bookmark.el3
-rw-r--r--lisp/files.el2
-rw-r--r--lisp/uniquify.el30
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 6e89afc6715..66afe67a614 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-08 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * bookmark.el (bookmark-load):
+ * uniquify.el (uniquify-buffer-name-style): Doc fixes.
+
2014-06-06 Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
* desktop.el: Activate auto-saving on window configuration changes.
diff --git a/lisp/bookmark.el b/lisp/bookmark.el
index 5307cada0ac..eab2ea7144f 100644
--- a/lisp/bookmark.el
+++ b/lisp/bookmark.el
@@ -1420,8 +1420,7 @@ explicitly.
If you load a file containing bookmarks with the same names as
bookmarks already present in your Emacs, the new bookmarks will get
-unique numeric suffixes \"<2>\", \"<3>\", ... following the same
-method buffers use to resolve name collisions."
+unique numeric suffixes \"<2>\", \"<3>\", etc."
(interactive
(list (read-file-name
(format "Load bookmarks from: (%s) "
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 2e66a303dc6..718421b1899 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1654,6 +1654,8 @@ killed."
(let (kill-buffer-query-functions kill-buffer-hook)
(kill-buffer obuf))))))
+;; FIXME we really need to fold the uniquify stuff in here by default,
+;; not using advice, and add it to the doc string.
(defun create-file-buffer (filename)
"Create a suitably named buffer for visiting FILENAME, and return it.
FILENAME (sans directory) is used unchanged if that name is free;
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)