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changeset 99610:f9d941778ef6
(Dired Deletion): Document delete-by-moving-to-trash.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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| date | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:26:15 +0000 |
| parents | d6a1930b4c07 |
| children | 3f9ebb55e9ff |
| files | doc/emacs/dired.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi Sun Nov 16 07:26:06 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi Sun Nov 16 07:26:15 2008 +0000 @@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ delete nonempty directories including all their contents. That can be somewhat risky. +@vindex delete-by-moving-to-trash + On some systems, there is a facility called the ``Trash'' or +``Recycle Bin'', but Emacs does @emph{not} use it by default. Thus, +when you delete a file in Dired, it is gone forever. However, you can +tell Emacs to use the Trash for file deletion, by changing the +variable @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} to @code{t}. @xref{Misc +File Ops}, for more information about the Trash. + @node Flagging Many Files @section Flagging Many Files at Once @cindex flagging many files for deletion (in Dired)