Remove duplicate words.

[bpt/emacs.git] / doc / emacs / files.texi

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000,
-@c   2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c   2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Files, Buffers, Keyboard Macros, Top
 @chapter File Handling
@@ -247,15 +247,13 @@ changes and save them, the file is created.
 
 @cindex minibuffer confirmation
 @cindex confirming in the minibuffer
-  When you attempt to visit a new file, Emacs might prompt you for
-confirmation first, in case you entered the wrong file name.  Emacs
-asks for confirmation only if the last key you typed in the
-minibuffer, before submitting the input with @key{RET}, was @key{TAB}
-(@code{minibuffer-complete}).  This catches a common mistake, in which
-one types @key{RET} before realizing that @key{TAB} did not complete
-far enough to yield a desired file name (@pxref{Completion}).  Emacs
-asks for confirmation by putting the message @samp{[Confirm]} in the
-minibuffer; type @key{RET} again to confirm and visit the file.
+  When @key{TAB} completion results in a nonexistent file name and you
+type @key{RET} immediately to visit it, Emacs asks for confirmation
+because it is quite possible that you expected completion to go
+further and give you an existing file's name.  Type @key{RET} to
+confirm and visit the nonexistent file.  The string @samp{[Confirm]}
+appears for a short time after the file name to indicate the need to
+confirm in this way.
 
 @vindex confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer
   The variable @code{confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer} controls
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ slight error in typing the name.
 
 @vindex find-file-run-dired
   If you ``visit'' a file that is actually a directory, Emacs invokes
-Dired, the Emacs directory browser; this lets you you ``edit'' the
+Dired, the Emacs directory browser; this lets you ``edit'' the
 contents of the directory.  @xref{Dired}.  You can disable this
 behavior by setting the variable @code{find-file-run-dired} to
 @code{nil}; in that case, it is an error to try to visit a directory.
@@ -1590,7 +1588,8 @@ read, written to, or executed, and by whom.  This command reads file
 modes using the same symbolic or octal format accepted by the
 @command{chmod} command; for instance, @samp{u+x} means to add
 execution permission for the user who owns the file.  It has no effect
-on operating systems that do not support file modes.
+on operating systems that do not support file modes.  @code{chmod} is a
+convenience alias for this function.
 
 @node Compressed Files
 @section Accessing Compressed Files