Re: buffer names of files and directories merely distinguished by <2>

[D. Goel <deego@gnufans.org>]

Dan


>  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.   
> 

look at uniquify.el which comes with emacs

excerpt:
,----
| 
| ;; To use this file, do (require 'uniquify)
| ;; and set uniquify-buffer-name-style to one of its non-nil
| ;; alternative values.
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