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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi
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Luc Teirlinck |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:16:24 -0400 |
Index: emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi
diff -c emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi:1.3 emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi:1.4
*** emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi:1.3 Wed Jun 16 02:44:20 2004
--- emacs/man/emacs-xtra.texi Thu Jun 17 17:16:36 2004
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@node Auto Reverting Dired
@section Auto Reverting Dired buffers
! Auto-reverting Dired buffers currently only works satisfactorily on
! GNU/Linux and Unix style operating systems.
Dired buffers only auto-revert when the file list of the buffer's main
directory changes. They do not auto-revert when information about a
--- 143,151 ----
@node Auto Reverting Dired
@section Auto Reverting Dired buffers
! Auto-reverting Dired buffers currently works on GNU or Unix style
! operating systems. It may not work satisfactorily on some other
! systems.
Dired buffers only auto-revert when the file list of the buffer's main
directory changes. They do not auto-revert when information about a
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*** 161,176 ****
If the Dired buffer is marked modified and there are no changes you
want to protect, then most of the time you can make auto-reverting
resume by manually reverting the buffer using @kbd{g}. There is one
! exception. If you flag or mark files, then, unlike for the Buffer
! Menu, you can safely revert the buffer. This will not erase the flags
! or marks (unless the marked file has been deleted, of course).
! However, the buffer will stay modified, even after reverting, and
! auto-reverting will not resume. This is because, if you flag or mark
! files, you may be working on the buffer and you might not want the
! buffer to change without warning. If you want auto-reverting to
! resume in the presence of marks and flags, mark the buffer
! non-modified using @kbd{M-~}. However, adding, deleting or changing
! marks or flags will mark it modified again.
Remote Dired buffers are not auto-reverted. Neither are Dired buffers
for which you used shell wildcards or file arguments to list only some
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If the Dired buffer is marked modified and there are no changes you
want to protect, then most of the time you can make auto-reverting
resume by manually reverting the buffer using @kbd{g}. There is one
! exception. If you flag or mark files, you can safely revert the
! buffer. This will not erase the flags or marks (unless the marked
! file has been deleted, of course). However, the buffer will stay
! modified, even after reverting, and auto-reverting will not resume.
! This is because, if you flag or mark files, you may be working on the
! buffer and you might not want the buffer to change without warning.
! If you want auto-reverting to resume in the presence of marks and
! flags, mark the buffer non-modified using @kbd{M-~}. However, adding,
! deleting or changing marks or flags will mark it modified again.
Remote Dired buffers are not auto-reverted. Neither are Dired buffers
for which you used shell wildcards or file arguments to list only some