# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1108547687 0 # Node ID d7a513160c01f80666a925b7530a54c9b8819773 # Parent 8555807a4582b07742384345c324e373679b9301 (Dired Enter): C-x C-f can run Dired. (Dired Visiting): Comment out `a' command. Mouse-1 is like Mouse-2. (Shell Commands in Dired): ? can be used more than once. diff -r 8555807a4582 -r d7a513160c01 man/dired.texi --- a/man/dired.texi Wed Feb 16 09:51:37 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/dired.texi Wed Feb 16 09:54:47 2005 +0000 @@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ @findex dired @kindex C-x d @vindex dired-listing-switches - To invoke Dired, do @kbd{C-x d} or @kbd{M-x dired}. The command reads -a directory name or wildcard file name pattern as a minibuffer argument -to specify which files to list. Where @code{dired} differs from -@code{list-directory} is in putting the buffer into Dired mode so that -the special commands of Dired are available. + To invoke Dired, do @kbd{C-x d} or @kbd{M-x dired}. The command +reads a directory name or wildcard file name pattern as a minibuffer +argument to specify which files to list. @kbd{C-x C-f} given a +directory name also invokes Dired. Where @code{dired} differs from +@code{list-directory} is that it puts the buffer into Dired mode, so +that the special commands of Dired are available. The variable @code{dired-listing-switches} specifies the options to -give to @code{ls} for listing directory; this string @emph{must} contain +give to @code{ls} for listing the directory; this string @emph{must} contain @samp{-l}. If you use a numeric prefix argument with the @code{dired} command, you can specify the @code{ls} switches with the minibuffer before you enter the directory specification. No matter how they are @@ -255,11 +256,13 @@ @kindex e @r{(Dired)} Equivalent to @kbd{f}. +@ignore @c This command seems too risky to document at all. @item a @kindex a @r{(Dired)} @findex dired-find-alternate-file Like @kbd{f}, but replaces the contents of the Dired buffer with that of an alternate file or directory (@code{dired-find-alternate-file}). +@end ignore @item o @kindex o @r{(Dired)} @@ -275,7 +278,8 @@ Visit the file described on the current line, and display the buffer in another window, but do not select that window (@code{dired-display-file}). -@item Mouse-2 +@item Mouse-1 +@itemx Mouse-2 @findex dired-mouse-find-file-other-window Visit the file named by the line you click on (@code{dired-mouse-find-file-other-window}). This uses another window @@ -697,10 +701,10 @@ file. @item -If the command string contains @samp{?} surrounded by whitespace, the -current file name is substituted for @samp{?}. You can use @samp{?} -this way more than once in the command, and each occurrence is -replaced. +However, if the command string contains @samp{?} surrounded by +whitespace, the current file name is substituted for @samp{?} (rather +than added at the end). You can use @samp{?} this way more than once +in the command, and the same file name replaces each occurrence. @end itemize To iterate over the file names in a more complicated fashion, use an