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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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1 @c This file is included either in emacs-xtra.texi (when producing the | |
2 @c printed version) or in the main Emacs manual (for the on-line version). | |
3 @node Subdir Switches | |
4 @section Subdirectory Switches in Dired | |
5 | |
6 You can insert subdirectories with specified @code{ls} switches in | |
7 Dired buffers, using @kbd{C-u i}. You can change the @code{ls} | |
8 switches of an already inserted subdirectory using @kbd{C-u l}. | |
9 | |
10 In Emacs versions 22.1 and later, Dired remembers the switches, so | |
11 that reverting the buffer will not change them back to the main | |
12 directory's switches. Deleting a subdirectory forgets about its | |
13 switches. | |
14 | |
15 Using @code{dired-undo} (usually bound to @kbd{C-_} and @kbd{C-x u}) | |
16 to reinsert or delete subdirectories, that were inserted with explicit | |
17 switches, can bypass Dired's machinery for remembering (or forgetting) | |
18 switches. Deleting a subdirectory using @code{dired-undo} does not | |
19 forget its switches. When later reinserted using @kbd{i}, it will be | |
20 reinserted using its old switches. Using @code{dired-undo} to | |
21 reinsert a subdirectory that was deleted using the regular | |
22 Dired commands (not @code{dired-undo}) will originally insert it with | |
23 its old switches. However, reverting the buffer will relist it using | |
24 the buffer's default switches. If any of this yields problems, you | |
25 can easily correct the situation using @kbd{C-u i} or @kbd{C-u l}. | |
26 | |
27 Dired does not remember the @code{R} switch. Inserting a subdirectory | |
28 with switches that include the @code{R} switch is equivalent with | |
29 inserting each of its subdirectories using all remaining switches. | |
30 For instance, updating or killing a subdirectory that was inserted | |
31 with the @code{R} switch will not update or kill its subdirectories. | |
32 | |
33 The buffer's default switches do not affect subdirectories that were | |
34 inserted using explicitly specified switches. In particular, | |
35 commands such as @kbd{s}, that change the buffer's switches do not | |
36 affect such subdirectories. (They do affect subdirectories without | |
37 explicitly assigned switches, however.) | |
38 | |
39 You can make Dired forget about all subdirectory switches and relist | |
40 all subdirectories with the buffer's default switches using | |
41 @kbd{M-x dired-reset-subdir-switches}. This also reverts the Dired buffer. |