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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2007-07-09 14:13:02 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2007-07-09 14:13:02 +0000
commitebcf866ed8fdb229678a21ec77af81d0da29af1d (patch)
tree957e10975cffd17cf209491143e6ddceca0429af
parent825906b8afc9f011ac6f7a16fcfbbafdf0226523 (diff)
(Magic File Names): Rewrite previous change.
-rw-r--r--lispref/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--lispref/files.texi9
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/ChangeLog b/lispref/ChangeLog
index d7295bd64b..61bc10c1af 100644
--- a/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-07-09 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
+
+ * files.texi (Magic File Names): Rewrite previous change.
+
2007-07-08 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
* files.texi (Magic File Names): Introduce optional parameter
diff --git a/lispref/files.texi b/lispref/files.texi
index eacb641a8b..343a6bc5e3 100644
--- a/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/lispref/files.texi
@@ -2786,11 +2786,10 @@ example, that it is possible to start a remote process accessing both
files at the same time. Implementors of file handlers need to ensure
this principle is valid.
-The optional parameter @var{connected}, when passed non-@code{nil},
-triggers an additional check whether the remote system has been
-connected already. The function returns then @code{nil} if there is
-no corresponding open connection, even if @var{filename} is remote.
-This can be used to avoid unnecessary connection attempts.
+If @var{connected} is non-@code{nil}, this function returns @code{nil}
+even if @var{filename} is remote, if Emacs has no network connection
+to its host. This is useful when you want to avoid the delay of
+making connections when they don't exist.
@end defun
@defun unhandled-file-name-directory filename