changeset 52210:eb055edafe69

(Shell Command Guessing): Explain *.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sun, 17 Aug 2003 00:22:21 +0000
parents abb0fb200345
children a057bd074729
files man/dired-x.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/dired-x.texi	Sun Aug 17 00:19:18 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/dired-x.texi	Sun Aug 17 00:22:21 2003 +0000
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@
 that evaluates to a string.  If several commands are given, all of
 them will temporarily be pushed onto the history.
 
+If @samp{*} in the shell command, that means to substitute the file
+name.
+
 You can set this variable in your @file{~/.emacs}.  For example,
 to add rules for @samp{.foo} and @samp{.bar} file extensions, write