# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 982928400 0
# Node ID 70c08680c0bf481e35179dca86194b525bd7edd5
# Parent  cf1b9eaadeafae6c77a2827f10db8af0f7ed7525
(Visiting): Add a note about visiting file archives.
From Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.

diff -r cf1b9eaadeaf -r 70c08680c0bf man/files.texi
--- a/man/files.texi	Fri Feb 23 11:27:08 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Fri Feb 23 11:40:00 2001 +0000
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@
 variable @code{find-file-run-dired} is @code{nil}, then it is an error
 to try to visit a directory.
 
+  Files which are actually collections of other files, or @dfn{file
+archives}, are visited in special modes which invoke a Dired-like
+environment to allow operations on archive members.  @xref{File
+Archives}, for more about these features.
+
 @cindex wildcard characters in file names
 @vindex find-file-wildcards
   If the file name you specify contains shell-style wildcard