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Subject: find-alternate-file fails for re-reading dired-mode buffers
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Date: 1 Sep 89 17:13:01 GMT
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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
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