how to refresh buffer

how to refresh buffer

[Rokia]

the file associated to current buffer has been modified outside.
How can I reload the file?

thanks.

Re: how to refresh buffer

[emacs Fan]

1.revert-buffer
or
2.kill-buffer, find-file


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:34:43 +0800, Rokia <rokiadd@yahoo.com.cn.discuss> wrote:
> 
> the file associated to current buffer has been modified outside.
> How can I reload the file?
> 
> thanks.
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Re: how to refresh buffer

[Phillip Lord]

>>>>> "Rokia" == Rokia  <Rokiadd@yahoo.com.cn.discuss> writes:

  Rokia> the file associated to current buffer has been modified
  Rokia> outside.  How can I reload the file?

 
M-x revert-buffer

Also auto-revert-mode will do this automatically. 

Phil

Re: how to refresh buffer

[Rokia]

thanks :)

Re: how to refresh buffer

[Rokia]

yeah!

auto-revert-mode is a good thing!

Re: how to refresh buffer

[maddog]

Rokia <Rokiadd@yahoo.com.cn.discuss> writes:

> the file associated to current buffer has been modified outside.
> How can I reload the file?
>
> thanks.

By the way:
when you edit current buffer, 
you will be prompted an option to recover the file or not.

Re: how to refresh buffer

[Rokia]

why? why my name become the group's name?

Re: how to refresh buffer

[Rokia]

yeah. I was prompted.

Re: how to refresh buffer

[Kevin Rodgers]

[Please don't top-post.]

emacs Fan wrote:
 > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:34:43 +0800, Rokia <rokiadd@yahoo.com.cn.discuss> wrote:
 >
 >>the file associated to current buffer has been modified outside.
 >>How can I reload the file?
 >
 > 1.revert-buffer

M-x revert-buffer RET

 > or
 > 2.kill-buffer, find-file

C-x k C-x C-f /some/really/long/path/to/the/file RET

or
3. C-x C-v

You make the call.

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Kevin Rodgers