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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/uniquify.el')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/uniquify.el b/lisp/uniquify.el index d79add6899f..c8bbd9256bd 100644 --- a/lisp/uniquify.el +++ b/lisp/uniquify.el @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ;;; Commentary: ;; Emacs's standard method for making buffer names unique adds <2>, <3>, -;; etc. to the end of (all but one of) the buffers. This file replaces +;; 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 ;; are unique. For instance, buffers visiting /u/mernst/tmp/Makefile and @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ (defcustom uniquify-buffer-name-style nil - "*If non-nil, buffer names are uniquified with parts of directory name. + "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' @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ would have the following buffer names in the various styles: 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>" + nil name name<2> +Of course, the \"mumble\" part may be stripped as well, depending on the setting +of `uniquify-strip-common-suffix'." :type '(radio (const forward) (const reverse) (const post-forward) @@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ would have the following buffer names in the various styles: :group 'uniquify) (defcustom uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p nil - "*If non-nil, permit user to choose names for buffers with same base file. + "If non-nil, permit user to choose names for buffers with same base file. If the user chooses to name a buffer, uniquification is preempted and no other buffer names are changed." :type 'boolean @@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ other buffer names are changed." ;; The default value matches certain Gnus buffers. (defcustom uniquify-ignore-buffers-re nil - "*Regular expression matching buffer names that should not be uniquified. + "Regular expression matching buffer names that should not be uniquified. For instance, set this to \"^draft-[0-9]+$\" to avoid having uniquify rename draft buffers even if `uniquify-after-kill-buffer-p' is non-nil and the visited file name isn't the same as that of the buffer." @@ -135,12 +137,12 @@ visited file name isn't the same as that of the buffer." :group 'uniquify) (defcustom uniquify-min-dir-content 0 - "*Minimum number of directory name components included in buffer name." + "Minimum number of directory name components included in buffer name." :type 'integer :group 'uniquify) (defcustom uniquify-separator nil - "*String separator for buffer name components. + "String separator for buffer name components. When `uniquify-buffer-name-style' is `post-forward', separates base file name from directory part in buffer names (default \"|\"). When `uniquify-buffer-name-style' is `reverse', separates all @@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ file name components (default \"\\\")." :group 'uniquify) (defcustom uniquify-trailing-separator-p nil - "*If non-nil, add a file name separator to dired buffer names. + "If non-nil, add a file name separator to dired buffer names. If `uniquify-buffer-name-style' is `forward', add the separator at the end; if it is `reverse', add the separator at the beginning; otherwise, this variable is ignored." @@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ in `uniquify-list-buffers-directory-modes', otherwise returns nil." (directory-file-name filename)))))))) (defun uniquify-rerationalize-w/o-cb (fix-list) - "Re-rationalize the buffers in FIX-LIST, but ignoring current-buffer." + "Re-rationalize the buffers in FIX-LIST, but ignoring `current-buffer'." (let ((new-fix-list nil)) (dolist (item fix-list) (let ((buf (uniquify-item-buffer item))) |