From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: buffer names of files and directories merely distinguished by <2> Date: 26 Nov 2002 04:56:32 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87el99s70f.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038258055 3558 80.91.224.249 (25 Nov 2002 21:00:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18GQLc-0000vD-00 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:00:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18GQMs-0005NE-00; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:02:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18GQMj-0005JY-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:02:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18GQMh-0005IF-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:02:00 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18GQMh-0005Hx-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:01:59 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18GQKd-0000s2-00 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:59:51 +0100 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18GQKc-0000ro-00 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:59:50 +0100 Original-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody Original-Lines: 11 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc218-187-83-96.2-7.pl.apol.com.tw Original-X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038257990 3214 218.187.83.96 (25 Nov 2002 20:59:50 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:59:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3957 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3957 Gentlemen, consider what happens with C-x d somefile.txt RET v C-x C-b You get MR Buffer Size Mode File -- ------ ---- ---- ---- . % somefile.txt<2> 2448 Fundamental ~/somefile.txt % somefile.txt 104 Dired by name ~/somefile.txt That the buffer names are distinguished by a <2> and not by something indicating say, one is a file, and/or the other a directory, is regrettable. Sure one can find out easy enough, but it would be handy sometimes.