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RE: Reloading files
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Reloading files |
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Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:51:10 -0700 (PDT) |
> Back in the olden days, hitting `C-x C-f RET' in a buffer visiting a
> file would reload the current file.
I think you mean "visit", not "load". (Or else I don't understand.)
> Then this changed to `C-x C-f M-n', which is fine.
That happened after Emacs 20, by Emacs 22 at least.
> Has Emacs grown a new command for reliably reloading the current visited
> file that I'm just not able to find? `revert-buffer' is not on any
> keys, and is way too chatty, anyway. (And a bit scary.)
Sounds like you want `C-x C-v' (`find-alternate-file'). That does
more than revert the buffer, but it at least does that.