changeset 56113:c4c0d60fa2da

(Dired Enter): Mention conditions on `ls' switches. (Dired and Find): Mention differences with ordinary Dired buffers.
author Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
date Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:04:53 +0000
parents e4cfda8330d5
children d61ec0ebc281
files man/dired.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/dired.texi	Mon Jun 14 21:53:24 2004 +0000
+++ b/man/dired.texi	Mon Jun 14 22:04:53 2004 +0000
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
 give to @code{ls} for listing 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.
+before you enter the directory specification.  No matter how they are
+specified, the @code{ls} switches should all be short options (that
+is, single characters) requiring no arguments.
 
 @findex dired-other-window
 @kindex C-x 4 d
@@ -1099,6 +1101,11 @@
 program.  @kbd{M-x locate-with-filter} is similar, but keeps only lines
 matching a given regular expression.
 
+These buffers don't work entirely like ordinary Dired buffers.  File
+operations work, but do not always automatically update the buffer.
+Reverting the buffer with @kbd{g} deletes all inserted subdirectories,
+and erases all flags and marks.
+
 @node Misc Dired Commands
 @section Other Dired Commands