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author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2017-09-09 13:39:22 -0700 |
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committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2017-09-09 13:41:20 -0700 |
commit | 743b95cc635b1af1490e2834ec1c418c3c1242c0 (patch) | |
tree | e1412416b47bdf358373d89c4c4358d3021c789b /doc/emacs/dired.texi | |
parent | ad7ba0fbf16edfaf6f59310ccd56088a656964d0 (diff) | |
download | emacs-743b95cc635b1af1490e2834ec1c418c3c1242c0.tar.gz |
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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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index c1cc2f8cf96..db5dea329b5 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -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 |