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

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

[Dan Jacobson]

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.   

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

[D. Goel]

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

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "D" == D Goel <deego@gnufans.org> writes:

>> . % somefile.txt<2>      2448  Fundamental  ~/somefile.txt
>> % somefile.txt          104  Dired by name ~/somefile.txt

D> look at uniquify.el which comes with emacs

D> excerpt:
D> | ;; To use this file, do (require 'uniquify)
D> | ;; and set uniquify-buffer-name-style to one of its non-nil
D> | ;; alternative values.
In my http://jidanni.org/comp/emacs.txt I've used (setq
uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward) for years, but why do I still
see the <2> upon C-x d somefile.txt RET v C-x C-b ?
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Re: buffer names of files and directories merely distinguished by <2>

[D. Goel]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:

> >>>>> "D" == D Goel <deego@gnufans.org> writes:
> 
> >> . % somefile.txt<2>      2448  Fundamental  ~/somefile.txt
> >> % somefile.txt          104  Dired by name ~/somefile.txt
> 
> D> look at uniquify.el which comes with emacs
> 
> D> excerpt:
> D> | ;; To use this file, do (require 'uniquify)
> D> | ;; and set uniquify-buffer-name-style to one of its non-nil
> D> | ;; alternative values.
> In my http://jidanni.org/comp/emacs.txt I've used (setq
> uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward) for years, but why do I still
> see the <2> upon C-x d somefile.txt RET v C-x C-b ?
> -- 


'forward works for me as expected.   viz.  I see buffernames as
tmp/foo and u/foo when a file with the same name is opened in 2
different directories. 

Did you remember to add (require 'uniquify) to your .emacs? 





DG                                 http://deego.gnufans.org/~deego/
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