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? 





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