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authorThierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>2020-07-14 12:46:38 +0200
committerThierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>2020-07-14 12:46:38 +0200
commit015c46a2a73cd0a1e8f985d02f720802599667a0 (patch)
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parentc3ad8932f66a0b4c7ac9a0f237392242ddf0fb8a (diff)
Update HFF documentation
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@@ -1057,20 +1057,18 @@ can set this with `helm-ff-skip-boring-files' or
`helm-ff-skip-git-ignored-files'.
NOTE: This will slow down helm, be warned.
-*** Helm is using a cache
+*** Helm-find-files is using a cache
Helm is caching each directory files list in a hash table for
-faster search. By default the cache is cleared after each HFF
-session, but you can keep the cache across your HFF sessions by
-customizing `helm-ff-keep-cached-candidates' (see its docstring),
-however this may cause surprises if files have changed (renamed,
-deleted etc...) in these cases you can refresh a directory by
-hitting `\\<helm-map>\\[helm-refresh]'. An other way is to use
-`helm-ff-cache-mode' which will lazily update HFF cache while
-Emacs is idle, it will show a red or green light depending helm
-is updating or not, to enable it add to your init file
-=(helm-ff-cache-mode 1)=
-or manually with M-x helm-ff-cache-mode.
+faster search. What is kept in the cache is defined by
+`helm-ff-keep-cached-candidates' variable. By default HFF keep
+all in the cache between its sessions but you can customize
+`helm-ff-keep-cached-candidates', do not use setq for this. When
+`helm-ff-keep-cached-candidates' is non nil HFF refreshes the
+cache automatically between its sessions when Emacs is idle, you
+should see a little icon brievly changing color when the cache is
+refreshed. You can also refresh a directory at anytime during
+your HFF sessions by hitting \\<helm-map>\\[helm-refresh].
** Commands
\\<helm-find-files-map>