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(Operating on Files): Document dired-dwim-target.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:35:32 +0000 |
parents | 0e8d5a17a47f |
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464 @item | 464 @item |
465 Otherwise, the command operates on the current file only. | 465 Otherwise, the command operates on the current file only. |
466 @end itemize | 466 @end itemize |
467 | 467 |
468 @vindex dired-dwim-target | |
469 @cindex two directories (in Dired) | |
470 Commands which ask for a destination directory, such as those which | |
471 copy and rename files or create links for them, try to guess the default | |
472 target directory for the operation. Normally, they suggest the Dired | |
473 buffer's default directory, but if the variable @code{dired-dwim-target} | |
474 is non-@code{nil}, and if there is another Dired buffer displayed in the | |
475 next window, that other buffer's directory is suggested instead. | |
476 | |
468 Here are the file-manipulating commands that operate on files in this | 477 Here are the file-manipulating commands that operate on files in this |
469 way. (Some other Dired commands, such as @kbd{!} and the @samp{%} | 478 way. (Some other Dired commands, such as @kbd{!} and the @samp{%} |
470 commands, also use these conventions to decide which files to work on.) | 479 commands, also use these conventions to decide which files to work on.) |
471 | 480 |
472 @table @kbd | 481 @table @kbd |