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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2014-04-21 17:50:19 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2014-04-21 17:50:19 +0300
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Minor fixes to the docs.
doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Uniquify): Clarify the default uniquification. doc/emacs/indent.texi (Tab Stops): Improve wording. doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (General Variables): Improve docs of EMACSLOADPATH. Index all the environment variables. (Misc Variables): Index all the environment variables. doc/lispref/text.texi (Registers): Document register-read-with-preview. doc/lispref/internals.texi (Building Emacs): Improve indexing.
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@@ -611,8 +611,12 @@ convenient to switch between buffers.
the buffers distinct names. The default method
(@code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} set to
@code{post-forward-angle-brackets}) for making buffer names unique
-adds @samp{<dir1>}, @samp{<dir2>}, etc. to the end of the buffer
-names.
+adds @samp{<dir1>}, @samp{<dir2>}, etc.@: to the end of the buffer
+names, where @file{dir1} and @file{dir2} are the minimal parts of the
+leading directories needed to make the buffer name unique. For
+example, if you have files @file{/foo/bar/mumble/name} and
+@file{/baz/quux/mumble/name} visited, their buffers will be named
+@samp{name<bar/mumble>} and @samp{name<quux/mumble>} correspondingly.
@vindex uniquify-buffer-name-style
There are several styles to make buffer names unique. To select