wolfgang@BBN.COM (09/02/89)
In GNU Emacs 18.55.1 of Wed Aug 23 1989 on Sun3 (berkeley-unix) find-alternate-file fails when re-reading in a dired-buffer. emacs -q <cr> C-x C-f ~ <cr> C-x C-v . <cr> (claims to read in the 'ls' listing, then blam! your back in *scratch*) (Find find-alternate-file is often a fast way rename Makefile<8> to the lowest available Makefile<number>.) -wolfgang --- Wolfgang Rupprecht ARPA: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (IP 18.82.0.114) TEL: (703) 768-2640 UUCP: mit-eddie!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang