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diff --git a/lispref/files.texi b/lispref/files.texi index f13888197c7..f4cb3be8a50 100644 --- a/lispref/files.texi +++ b/lispref/files.texi @@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ in the list @code{find-file-hook}. @node Saving Buffers @section Saving Buffers +@cindex saving buffers When you edit a file in Emacs, you are actually working on a buffer that is visiting that file---that is, the contents of the file are @@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ Name}). @node Reading from Files @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Reading from Files +@cindex reading from files You can copy a file from the disk and insert it into a buffer using the @code{insert-file-contents} function. Don't use the user-level @@ -544,6 +546,7 @@ program can read the file, use the function @code{file-local-copy}; see @node Writing to Files @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Writing to Files +@cindex writing to files You can write the contents of a buffer, or part of a buffer, directly to a file on disk using the @code{append-to-file} and @@ -647,6 +650,7 @@ with-temp-buffer,, The Current Buffer}. @node File Locks @section File Locks @cindex file locks +@cindex lock file When two users edit the same file at the same time, they are likely to interfere with each other. Emacs tries to prevent this situation @@ -736,6 +740,8 @@ for its usual definition is in @file{userlock.el}. @node Information about Files @section Information about Files +@cindex information about files +@cindex file, information about The functions described in this section all operate on strings that designate file names. With a few exceptions, all the functions have @@ -2459,6 +2465,7 @@ which generate the listing with Lisp code. @node Create/Delete Dirs @section Creating and Deleting Directories +@cindex creating and deleting directories @c Emacs 19 features Most Emacs Lisp file-manipulation functions get errors when used on |