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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-09-09 13:39:22 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-09-09 13:41:20 -0700
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Be more consistent about "directory name" in manual
This clarifies the documentation, partly in response to the discussion in Bug#27986.
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index c1cc2f8cf96..db5dea329b5 100644
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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ you to operate on the listed files. @xref{Directories}.
@kindex C-x d
@vindex dired-listing-switches
To invoke Dired, type @kbd{C-x d} (@code{dired}). This reads a
-directory name using the minibuffer, and opens a @dfn{Dired buffer}
+directory's name using the minibuffer, and opens a @dfn{Dired buffer}
listing the files in that directory. You can also supply a wildcard
file name pattern as the minibuffer argument, in which case the Dired
buffer lists all files matching that pattern. A wildcard may appear
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ in particular, @kbd{M-n} puts the name of the visited file (if any) in
the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer History}).
You can also invoke Dired by giving @kbd{C-x C-f} (@code{find-file})
-a directory name.
+a directory's name.
The variable @code{dired-listing-switches} specifies the options to
give to @command{ls} for listing the directory; this string
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ rotation is lossless, and uses an external utility called JpegTRAN.
@kindex + @r{(Dired)}
@findex dired-create-directory
The command @kbd{+} (@code{dired-create-directory}) reads a
-directory name, and creates that directory. It signals an error if
+directory's name, and creates that directory. It signals an error if
the directory already exists.
@cindex searching multiple files via Dired