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changeset 30278:88f980a73f48
Add entry for new `dired-show-file-type' command.
| author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:30:02 +0000 |
| parents | 6bb10a0c05f0 |
| children | 3f00bdb24c1f |
| files | etc/NEWS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Tue Jul 18 12:01:14 2000 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Tue Jul 18 12:30:02 2000 +0000 @@ -731,6 +731,12 @@ replaces the Dired buffer with the buffer for an alternate file or directory. +*** The new command `dired-show-file-type' (usually bound to `w') shows +a message in the echo area describing what type of file the point is on. +This command invokes the external program `file' do its work, and so +will only work on systems with that program, and will be only as +accurate or inaccurate as it is. + ** The variable mail-specify-envelope-from controls whether to use the -f option when sending mail.