# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1151134496 0 # Node ID 51f641c71a5b0bf90a76f836e1f885a1762884ba # Parent a3293fffff7981bd44e9393d7ffa82b217735c1f (Visiting): Document case-insensitive wildcard matching under find-file-wildcards. diff -r a3293fffff79 -r 51f641c71a5b man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Sat Jun 24 07:30:59 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Sat Jun 24 07:34:56 2006 +0000 @@ -289,13 +289,14 @@ @cindex wildcard characters in file names @vindex find-file-wildcards If the file name you specify contains shell-style wildcard -characters, Emacs visits all the files that match it. Wildcards -include @samp{?}, @samp{*}, and @samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. To enter -the wild card @samp{?} in a file name in the minibuffer, you need to -type @kbd{C-q ?}. @xref{Quoted File Names}, for information on how to -visit a file whose name actually contains wildcard characters. You -can disable the wildcard feature by customizing -@code{find-file-wildcards}. +characters, Emacs visits all the files that match it. (On +case-insensitive filesystems, Emacs matches the wildcards disregarding +the letter case.) Wildcards include @samp{?}, @samp{*}, and +@samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. To enter the wild card @samp{?} in a file +name in the minibuffer, you need to type @kbd{C-q ?}. @xref{Quoted +File Names}, for information on how to visit a file whose name +actually contains wildcard characters. You can disable the wildcard +feature by customizing @code{find-file-wildcards}. If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify, or that is marked read-only, Emacs makes the buffer read-only too, so