links: what should XEmacs do if two paths lead to the same file?

I have a directory '~/.www/Math307/' which is soft-linked to '~/classes/307/WEB/'. If I'm using GNU Emacs 20.4.7 (alphaev5-dec-osf4.0f, X toolkit) of Fri Feb 25 2000 on hilbert1 when I find the files '~/classes/307/WEB/index.html' and '~/.www/Math307/index.html', I am told ~/classes/307/WEB/index.html and /user1/palmieri/.www/Math307/index.html are the same file and I get only one new buffer called "index.html". On the other hand, if I'm using XEmacs 21.2 (beta36) "Notus" [Lucid] (alpha-dec-osf5.0) of Tue Oct 24 2000 on goedel2 when I find both files, I don't receive any such message, and I get two buffers: "index.html" and "index.html<2>". If I edit one of the files and then try to edit the other one, I'm asked index.html changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) which is good, but a little late, I think. I prefer the GNU Emacs behavior; should XEmacs act the same way, or are there good reasons for keeping the current behavior? How hard would it be to switch? -- John H. Palmieri Dept of Mathematics, Box 354350 palmieri(a)math.washington.edu University of Washington http://www.math.washington.edu/~palmieri/ Seattle, WA 98195-4350