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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2017-12-09 13:29:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2017-12-09 13:29:11 +0200 |
| commit | 14f0230a48872f7da0cd665a576b6d7313aad323 (patch) | |
| tree | 06873bb54284d4e18a34056cb88280722b0e7b0f /doc/emacs/dired.texi | |
| parent | 161b0e5493bc86892255e06770b80fbe1d5f4815 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-14f0230a48872f7da0cd665a576b6d7313aad323.tar.gz | |
Improve documentation of Dired
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired): Mention that the Dired buffer can
be made modifiable in Wdired. Suggested by Alex Branham
<alex.branham@gmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs/dired.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/dired.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index db5dea329b5..0b7e0b6139e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ optionally some of its subdirectories as well. You can use the normal Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired commands to operate on the listed files. - The Dired buffer is read-only, and inserting text in it is not -allowed. Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are + The Dired buffer is normally read-only, and inserting text in it is +not allowed (however, the Wdired mode allows that, @pxref{Wdired}). +Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are redefined for special Dired commands. Some Dired commands @dfn{mark} or @dfn{flag} the @dfn{current file} (that is, the file on the current line); other commands operate on the marked files or on the flagged |