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read_file

     int read_file(char * filename)

Changes the current buffer to the file associated to filename like the Read File menu entry, except that if the current buffer is not saved, its contents is lost (see current_buffer_is_modified() §7.3.8 page gif). Returns 0 if there is no file matching filename and -1 if the file is already loaded in an other buffer of the current session, leaving the buffer unchanged. Otherwise returns 1 and loads filename in the current buffer. The current position becomes the beginning of buffer.



Lionel Fournigault
Fri Nov 6 17:00:30 MET 1998