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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: modeline should note file gotten-via-symlink
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:45:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01c51899$Blat.v2.4$6c31e7c0@zahav.net.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cvdrsh$6ar$1@panix1.panix.com> (dkcombs@panix.com)

> From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
> Date: 21 Feb 2005 18:46:25 -0500
> 
> However, the *mode-line*, which shows the name of the *symlink*,
> "run-tools.smd", gives NO indication that the file I'm *actually* at (or at
> least actually looking-at/into), "run-tools--16.29.8.smd", is *via a symlink*.
> 
> Would be a helpful reminder, at least for me, if the mode-line also
> contained the word "SYMLINK".

Does it help to customize the variable find-file-visit-truename to a
non-nil value?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-02-22  4:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-02-21 23:46 modeline should note file gotten-via-symlink David Combs
2005-02-22  0:05 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-02-22  4:45 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2005-02-22 14:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-02-23  1:45   ` David Combs
     [not found] ` <mailman.977.1109049635.32256.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-02-23  1:52   ` David Combs
2005-02-24 16:54     ` Kevin Rodgers

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