changeset 52973:e9b83c6e5ab4

(dired-ls-sorting-switches): Doc fix.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 01 Nov 2003 17:48:00 +0000
parents 373fa562b36f
children f45cf0ff5cb3
files lisp/dired.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/dired.el	Sat Nov 01 17:35:49 2003 +0000
+++ b/lisp/dired.el	Sat Nov 01 17:48:00 2003 +0000
@@ -2770,7 +2770,14 @@
 ;; So anything that does not contain these is sort "by name".
 
 (defvar dired-ls-sorting-switches "SXU"
-  "String of `ls' switches (single letters) except `t' that influence sorting.")
+  "String of `ls' switches \(single letters\) except `t' that influence sorting.
+
+This indicates to Dired which option switches to watch out for because they
+will change the sorting order behavior of `ls'.
+
+To change the default sorting order \(e.g. add a `-v' option\), see the
+variable `dired-listing-switches'.  To temporarily override the listing
+format, use `\\[universal-argument] \\[dired]'.")
 
 (defvar dired-sort-by-date-regexp
   (concat "^-[^" dired-ls-sorting-switches