From 236e9d7e703dfe65ed0b551fb05c2e076f066011 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:16:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Auto Reverting Dired): Minor changes. --- man/emacs-xtra.texi | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/emacs-xtra.texi b/man/emacs-xtra.texi index 53afe82686d..1839dd2417b 100644 --- a/man/emacs-xtra.texi +++ b/man/emacs-xtra.texi @@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ automatically erasing the marks. @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. +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 @@ -161,16 +162,15 @@ not guaranteed. 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. +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 -- 2.39.2