Reloading files

Reloading files

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Back in the olden days, hitting `C-x C-f RET' in a buffer visiting a
file would reload the current file.  Then this changed to `C-x C-f M-n',
which is fine.  Then apparently all sorts of ffap code has infected
`M-n', so whether you get to reload the file or not depends on what's
under point.

This is really annoying.

Has Emacs grown a new command for reliably reloading the current visited
file that I'm just not able to find?  `revert-buffer' is not on any
keys, and is way too chatty, anyway.  (And a bit scary.)

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RE: Reloading files

[Drew Adams]

> Back in the olden days, hitting `C-x C-f RET' in a buffer visiting a
> file would reload the current file.

I think you mean "visit", not "load".  (Or else I don't understand.)

> Then this changed to `C-x C-f M-n', which is fine.

That happened after Emacs 20, by Emacs 22 at least.

> Has Emacs grown a new command for reliably reloading the current visited
> file that I'm just not able to find?  `revert-buffer' is not on any
> keys, and is way too chatty, anyway.  (And a bit scary.)

Sounds like you want `C-x C-v' (`find-alternate-file').  That does
more than revert the buffer, but it at least does that.

Re: Reloading files

[Mathias Dahl]

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>
> Back in the olden days, hitting `C-x C-f RET' in a buffer visiting a
> file would reload the current file.  Then this changed to `C-x C-f M-n',
> which is fine.  Then apparently all sorts of ffap code has infected
> `M-n', so whether you get to reload the file or not depends on what's
> under point.
>

Aha! So that is why M-n does not do what I want...

This is really annoying.
>

I agree, and I would almost say it is a bug. As a user, being able to
develop habits in user interfaces is a good thing. A feature like this
hinders that, since the behavior changes depending on a certain content
in the buffer.

Why can't people just do M-x ffap RET?

On the other hand, now that I have actually tried C-x C-v out, perhaps I
will use that instead... :) A very common use case that I have, by the way
is that I want to copy the current file name, not necessarily reload the
current
file.

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