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author | Chong Yidong <[email protected]> | 2008-11-26 15:32:49 +0000 |
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committer | Chong Yidong <[email protected]> | 2008-11-26 15:32:49 +0000 |
commit | 0b85dece97d823e8b191adb2a17d850bb4074c19 (patch) | |
tree | 4c90641678bee2c0a9fa4d3ae5a6564b5e831b27 /doc | |
parent | b01731eb13824004284e672165fda24e5589ca3a (diff) |
(Visiting): Rewrite paragraph for clarity.
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/files.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index ac072dbeaa..3c338fcdfe 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -247,15 +247,13 @@ changes and save them, the file is created. @cindex minibuffer confirmation @cindex confirming in the minibuffer - When you attempt to visit a new file, Emacs might prompt you for -confirmation first, in case you entered the wrong file name. Emacs -asks for confirmation only if the last key you typed in the -minibuffer, before submitting the input with @key{RET}, was @key{TAB} -(@code{minibuffer-complete}). This catches a common mistake, in which -one types @key{RET} before realizing that @key{TAB} did not complete -far enough to yield a desired file name (@pxref{Completion}). Emacs -asks for confirmation by putting the message @samp{[Confirm]} in the -minibuffer; type @key{RET} again to confirm and visit the file. + When @key{TAB} completion results in a nonexistent file name and you +type @key{RET} immediately to visit it, Emacs asks for confirmation +because it is quite possible that you expected completion to go +further and give you an existing file's name. Type @key{RET} to +confirm and visit the nonexistent file. The string @samp{[Confirm]} +appears for a short time after the file name to indicate the need to +confirm in this way. @vindex confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer The variable @code{confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer} controls |