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changeset 37549:b7c260d40c0b
(Comparison in Dired): Make it clear that ``the mark'' is settable by C-SPC.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 03 May 2001 07:58:04 +0000 |
| parents | 204b1c50de6e |
| children | 0e7e45f532ad |
| files | man/dired.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/dired.texi Thu May 03 07:51:23 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/dired.texi Thu May 03 07:58:04 2001 +0000 @@ -786,7 +786,10 @@ Compare the current file (the file at point) with another file (the file at the mark) using the @code{diff} program (@code{dired-diff}). The file at the mark is the first argument of @code{diff}, and the file at -point is the second argument. +point is the second argument. Use @kbd{C-@key{SPC}} +(@code{set-mark-command}) to set the mark at the first file's line +(@pxref{Setting Mark}), since @code{dired-diff} ignores the files marked +with the Dired's @kbd{m} command. @findex dired-backup-diff @kindex M-= @r{(Dired)}