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| author | Glenn Morris <[email protected]> | 2012-02-09 15:27:54 -0500 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <[email protected]> | 2012-02-09 15:27:54 -0500 |
| commit | cf3aa21bc8ccc839279c335b8fda3a433b653329 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d9af0ed14c03db863639d1cc78e1173f411ca2a | |
| parent | bbe531d6e2dd81be8b31b73d47b3de3cd0d82e90 (diff) | |
* lisp/files.el (rename-uniquely): Doc fix. (Bug#3806)
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/ChangeLog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 254e1226a0..7a3f15d42f 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2012-02-09 Glenn Morris <[email protected]> + * files.el (rename-uniquely): Doc fix. (Bug#3806) + * progmodes/cc-guess.el (c-guess-offset-threshold, c-guess-region-max): Add :version tags. diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 8a65bc5f81..7bb4409822 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -4863,7 +4863,13 @@ like `write-region' does." (defun rename-uniquely () "Rename current buffer to a similar name not already taken. This function is useful for creating multiple shell process buffers -or multiple mail buffers, etc." +or multiple mail buffers, etc. + +Note that some commands, in particular those based on `compilation-mode' +\(`compile', `grep', etc.) will reuse the current buffer if it has the +appropriate mode even if it has been renamed. So as well as renaming +the buffer, you also need to switch buffers before running another +instance of such commands." (interactive) (save-match-data (let ((base-name (buffer-name))) |