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authorChong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>2011-12-26 18:36:41 +0800
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Update Abbrevs and Dired chapters of Emacs manual.
* dired.texi (Dired Enter, Misc Dired Features): Document dired-use-ls-dired changes. Mention quit-window. (Dired Navigation): Add index entries. (Dired Visiting): Fix View Mode xref. (Marks vs Flags): Prefer C-/ binding for undo. (Subdirectories in Dired): Add xrefs. (Misc Dired Features): Document some Emacs 24 changes. Add index entries. * abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Concepts): No need to mention abbrev-mode variable, since it is explained in Minor Modes node. (Defining Abbrevs): Copyedits. (Expanding Abbrevs): State default of abbrev-all-caps. Prefer the C-/ binding for undo. (Dabbrev Customization): Add xrefs for case-fold-search and case-replace. * dired-xtra.texi (Subdir Switches): Add xref. * maintaining.texi (VC Directory Commands): Mention quit-window.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs')
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/ChangeLog23
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi82
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/dired-xtra.texi26
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/dired.texi148
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/maintaining.texi6
5 files changed, 164 insertions, 121 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index dfa8006e03c..7857295de92 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+2011-12-26 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
+
+ * dired.texi (Dired Enter, Misc Dired Features): Document
+ dired-use-ls-dired changes. Mention quit-window.
+ (Dired Navigation): Add index entries.
+ (Dired Visiting): Fix View Mode xref.
+ (Marks vs Flags): Prefer C-/ binding for undo.
+ (Subdirectories in Dired): Add xrefs.
+ (Misc Dired Features): Document some Emacs 24 changes. Add index
+ entries.
+
+ * abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Concepts): No need to mention abbrev-mode
+ variable, since it is explained in Minor Modes node.
+ (Defining Abbrevs): Copyedits.
+ (Expanding Abbrevs): State default of abbrev-all-caps. Prefer the
+ C-/ binding for undo.
+ (Dabbrev Customization): Add xrefs for case-fold-search and
+ case-replace.
+
+ * dired-xtra.texi (Subdir Switches): Add xref.
+
+ * maintaining.texi (VC Directory Commands): Mention quit-window.
+
2011-12-25 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
* maintaining.texi (Tags): Mention Semantic.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi b/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
index 2eafadf4841..5868010806c 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
@@ -45,17 +45,14 @@ expanding to @samp{find outer otter}, then you can insert @samp{find
outer otter.} into the buffer by typing @kbd{f o o .}.
@findex abbrev-mode
-@vindex abbrev-mode
@cindex Abbrev mode
@cindex mode, Abbrev
- Abbrevs expand only when Abbrev mode (a minor mode) is enabled.
-Disabling Abbrev mode does not cause abbrev definitions to be forgotten,
-but they do not expand until Abbrev mode is enabled again. The command
-@kbd{M-x abbrev-mode} toggles Abbrev mode; with a numeric argument, it
-turns Abbrev mode on if the argument is positive, off otherwise.
-@xref{Minor Modes}. @code{abbrev-mode} is also a variable; Abbrev mode is
-on when the variable is non-@code{nil}. The variable @code{abbrev-mode}
-automatically becomes local to the current buffer when it is set.
+ Abbrevs expand only when Abbrev mode, a buffer-local minor mode, is
+enabled. Disabling Abbrev mode does not cause abbrev definitions to
+be forgotten, but they do not expand until Abbrev mode is enabled
+again. The command @kbd{M-x abbrev-mode} toggles Abbrev mode; with a
+numeric argument, it turns Abbrev mode on if the argument is positive,
+off otherwise. @xref{Minor Modes}.
Abbrevs can have @dfn{mode-specific} definitions, active only in one major
mode. Abbrevs can also have @dfn{global} definitions that are active in
@@ -108,22 +105,18 @@ region as the expansion of the abbrev being defined.
@kindex C-x a l
@findex add-mode-abbrev
The command @kbd{C-x a l} (@code{add-mode-abbrev}) is similar, but
-defines a mode-specific abbrev. Mode-specific abbrevs are active only in a
-particular major mode. @kbd{C-x a l} defines an abbrev for the major mode
-in effect at the time @kbd{C-x a l} is typed. The arguments work the same
-as for @kbd{C-x a g}.
+defines a mode-specific abbrev for the current major mode. The
+arguments work the same as for @kbd{C-x a g}.
@kindex C-x a i g
@findex inverse-add-global-abbrev
@kindex C-x a i l
@findex inverse-add-mode-abbrev
- If the abbrev text itself is already in the buffer, you can use the
-commands @kbd{C-x a i g} (@code{inverse-add-global-abbrev}) and
-@kbd{C-x a i l} (@code{inverse-add-mode-abbrev}) to define it as an
-abbrev by specify the expansion in the minibuffer. These commands are
-called ``inverse'' because they invert the meaning of the two text
-strings they use (one from the buffer and one read with the
-minibuffer).
+ @kbd{C-x a i g} (@code{inverse-add-global-abbrev}) and @kbd{C-x a i
+l} (@code{inverse-add-mode-abbrev}) perform the opposite task: if the
+abbrev text is already in the buffer, you use these commands to define
+an abbrev by specifying the expansion in the minibuffer. These
+commands will expand the abbrev text used for the definition.
@findex define-mode-abbrev
@findex define-global-abbrev
@@ -132,8 +125,8 @@ expansion in the buffer using the command @code{define-global-abbrev}.
It reads two arguments---the abbrev, and its expansion. The command
@code{define-mode-abbrev} does likewise for a mode-specific abbrev.
- To change the definition of an abbrev, just define a new definition.
-When the abbrev has a prior definition, the abbrev definition commands
+ To change the definition of an abbrev, just make a new definition.
+When an abbrev has a prior definition, the abbrev definition commands
ask for confirmation before replacing it.
@findex kill-all-abbrevs
@@ -155,11 +148,11 @@ The most common way to use an abbrev is to insert it and then insert a
punctuation or whitespace character to expand it.
@vindex abbrev-all-caps
- Abbrev expansion preserves case; thus, @samp{foo} expands into @samp{find
-outer otter}; @samp{Foo} into @samp{Find outer otter}, and @samp{FOO} into
-@samp{FIND OUTER OTTER} or @samp{Find Outer Otter} according to the
-variable @code{abbrev-all-caps} (setting it non-@code{nil} specifies
-@samp{FIND OUTER OTTER}).
+ Abbrev expansion preserves case: @samp{foo} expands to @samp{find
+outer otter}, and @samp{Foo} to @samp{Find outer otter}. @samp{FOO}
+expands to @samp{Find Outer Otter} by default, but if you change the
+variable @code{abbrev-all-caps} to a non-@code{nil} value, it expands
+to @samp{FIND OUTER OTTER}.
These commands are used to control abbrev expansion:
@@ -196,14 +189,14 @@ punctuation with @kbd{C-q}. Thus, @kbd{foo C-q ,} leaves @samp{foo,} in
the buffer, not expanding it.
@findex unexpand-abbrev
- If you expand an abbrev by mistake, you can undo the expansion and
-bring back the abbrev itself by typing @kbd{C-_} to undo (@pxref{Undo}).
-This also undoes the insertion of the non-word character that expanded
-the abbrev. If the result you want is the terminating non-word
-character plus the unexpanded abbrev, you must reinsert the terminating
-character, quoting it with @kbd{C-q}. You can also use the command
-@kbd{M-x unexpand-abbrev} to cancel the last expansion without
-deleting the terminating character.
+ If you expand an abbrev by mistake, you can undo the expansion by
+typing @kbd{C-/} (@code{undo}). @xref{Undo}. This undoes the
+insertion of the abbrev expansion and brings back the abbrev text. If
+the result you want is the terminating non-word character plus the
+unexpanded abbrev, you must reinsert the terminating character,
+quoting it with @kbd{C-q}. You can also use the command @kbd{M-x
+unexpand-abbrev} to cancel the last expansion without deleting the
+terminating character.
@findex expand-region-abbrevs
@kbd{M-x expand-region-abbrevs} searches through the region for defined
@@ -409,12 +402,11 @@ you are expanding.
@vindex dabbrev-case-fold-search
This feature is controlled by the variable
-@code{dabbrev-case-fold-search}. If it is @code{t}, case is ignored in
-this search; if it is @code{nil}, the word and the expansion must match
-in case. If the value of @code{dabbrev-case-fold-search} is
-@code{case-fold-search}, which is true by default, then the variable
-@code{case-fold-search} controls whether to ignore case while searching
-for expansions.
+@code{dabbrev-case-fold-search}. If it is @code{t}, case is ignored
+in this search; if it is @code{nil}, the word and the expansion must
+match in case. If the value is @code{case-fold-search} (the default),
+then the variable @code{case-fold-search} controls whether to ignore
+case while searching for expansions (@pxref{Search Case}).
@vindex dabbrev-case-replace
Normally, dynamic abbrev expansion preserves the case pattern
@@ -425,10 +417,10 @@ expansion to that case pattern.
The variable @code{dabbrev-case-replace} controls whether to
preserve the case pattern of the dynamic abbrev. If it is @code{t},
the dynamic abbrev's case pattern is preserved in most cases; if it is
-@code{nil}, the expansion is always copied verbatim. If the value of
-@code{dabbrev-case-replace} is @code{case-replace}, which is true by
-default, then the variable @code{case-replace} controls whether to
-copy the expansion verbatim.
+@code{nil}, the expansion is always copied verbatim. If the value is
+@code{case-replace} (the default), then the variable
+@code{case-replace} controls whether to copy the expansion verbatim
+(@pxref{Replacement and Case}).
However, if the expansion contains a complex mixed case pattern, and
the dynamic abbrev matches this pattern as far as it goes, then the
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired-xtra.texi b/doc/emacs/dired-xtra.texi
index efb05226ba8..52ccccce58c 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired-xtra.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired-xtra.texi
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@
@node Subdir Switches
@section Subdirectory Switches in Dired
-You can insert subdirectories with specified @code{ls} switches in
-Dired buffers using @kbd{C-u i}. You can change the @code{ls}
+You can insert subdirectories with specified @command{ls} switches in
+Dired buffers using @kbd{C-u i}. You can change the @command{ls}
switches of an already inserted subdirectory using @kbd{C-u l}.
Dired preserves the switches if you revert the buffer. Deleting a
subdirectory forgets about its switches.
-Using @code{dired-undo} (usually bound to @kbd{C-_} and @kbd{C-x u})
-to reinsert or delete subdirectories that were inserted with explicit
-switches can bypass Dired's machinery for remembering (or forgetting)
-switches. Deleting a subdirectory using @code{dired-undo} does not
-forget its switches. When later reinserted using @kbd{i}, it will be
-reinserted using its old switches. Using @code{dired-undo} to
-reinsert a subdirectory that was deleted using the regular
-Dired commands (not @code{dired-undo}) will originally insert it with
-its old switches. Reverting the buffer, however, will relist it using
-the buffer's default switches. If any of this yields problems, you
-can easily correct the situation using @kbd{C-u i} or @kbd{C-u l}.
+Using @code{dired-undo} (@pxref{Marks vs Flags}) to reinsert or delete
+subdirectories that were inserted with explicit switches can bypass
+Dired's machinery for remembering (or forgetting) switches. Deleting
+a subdirectory using @code{dired-undo} does not forget its switches.
+When later reinserted using @kbd{i}, it will be reinserted using its
+old switches. Using @code{dired-undo} to reinsert a subdirectory that
+was deleted using the regular Dired commands (not @code{dired-undo})
+will originally insert it with its old switches. Reverting the
+buffer, however, will relist it using the buffer's default switches.
+If any of this yields problems, you can easily correct the situation
+using @kbd{C-u i} or @kbd{C-u l}.
Dired does not remember the @code{R} switch. Inserting a subdirectory
with switches that include the @code{R} switch is equivalent to
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index b6ed47fdb3f..5097565830e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -73,32 +73,45 @@ completion commands can be used in the minibuffer; in particular,
a directory name.
The variable @code{dired-listing-switches} specifies the options to
-give to @code{ls} for listing the directory; this string @emph{must}
-contain @samp{-l}. If you use a prefix argument with the @code{dired}
-command, you can specify the @code{ls} switches with the minibuffer
-before you enter the directory specification. No matter how they are
-specified, the @code{ls} switches can include short options (that is,
-single characters) requiring no arguments, and long options (starting
-with @samp{--}) whose arguments are specified with @samp{=}.
+give to @command{ls} for listing the directory; this string
+@emph{must} contain @samp{-l}. If you use a prefix argument with the
+@code{dired} command, you can specify the @command{ls} switches with the
+minibuffer before you enter the directory specification. No matter
+how they are specified, the @command{ls} switches can include short
+options (that is, single characters) requiring no arguments, and long
+options (starting with @samp{--}) whose arguments are specified with
+@samp{=}.
@vindex dired-use-ls-dired
- Note that Dired automatically adds the option @samp{--dired}, if
-your @code{ls} program supports it, unless you explicitly set
-the variable @code{dired-use-ls-dired} to @code{nil}. Without this
-option, Dired will have trouble parsing some @samp{unusual} file-names.
-See the documentation of @code{dired-use-ls-dired} for more details.
-
- On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, Emacs @emph{emulates} @code{ls};
-see @ref{ls in Lisp}, for options and peculiarities of that emulation.
+ If your @command{ls} program supports the @samp{--dired} option,
+Dired automatically passes it that option; this causes @command{ls} to
+emit special escape sequences for certain unusual file names, without
+which Dired will not be able to parse those names. The first time you
+run Dired in an Emacs session, it checks whether @command{ls} supports
+the @samp{--dired} option by calling it once with that option. If the
+exit code is 0, Dired will subsequently use the @samp{--dired} option;
+otherwise it will not. You can inhibit this check by customizing the
+variable @code{dired-use-ls-dired}. The value @code{unspecified} (the
+default) means to perform the check; any other non-@code{nil} value
+means to use the @samp{--dired} option; and @code{nil} means not to
+use the @samp{--dired} option.
+
+ On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, Emacs emulates @command{ls}.
+@xref{ls in Lisp}, for options and peculiarities of this emulation.
@findex dired-other-window
@kindex C-x 4 d
@findex dired-other-frame
@kindex C-x 5 d
- To display the Dired buffer in another window rather than in the
-selected window, use @kbd{C-x 4 d} (@code{dired-other-window}) instead
-of @kbd{C-x d}. @kbd{C-x 5 d} (@code{dired-other-frame}) uses a
-separate frame to display the Dired buffer.
+ To display the Dired buffer in another window, use @kbd{C-x 4 d}
+(@code{dired-other-window}) instead of @kbd{C-x d}. @kbd{C-x 5 d}
+(@code{dired-other-frame}) displays the Dired buffer in a separate
+frame.
+
+@kindex q @r{(Dired)}
+@findex quit-window
+ Typing @kbd{q} (@code{quit-window}) buries the Dired buffer, and
+deletes its window if the window was created just for that buffer.
@node Dired Navigation
@section Navigation in the Dired Buffer
@@ -124,7 +137,11 @@ minibuffer, and moves point to the line in the Dired buffer describing
that file.
@cindex searching Dired buffers
+@findex dired-isearch-filenames
@vindex dired-isearch-filenames
+@findex dired-isearch-filenames-regexp
+@kindex M-s f C-s @r{(Dired)}
+@kindex M-s f M-C-s @r{(Dired)}
@kbd{M-s f C-s} (@code{dired-isearch-filenames}) performs a forward
incremental search in the Dired buffer, looking for matches only
amongst the file names and ignoring the rest of the text in the
@@ -331,18 +348,16 @@ another window, but do not select that window (@code{dired-display-file}).
@item Mouse-1
@itemx Mouse-2
@findex dired-mouse-find-file-other-window
-Visit the file named by the line you click on
+Visit the file whose name you clicked on
(@code{dired-mouse-find-file-other-window}). This uses another window
to display the file, like the @kbd{o} command.
@item v
@kindex v @r{(Dired)}
@findex dired-view-file
-View the file described on the current line, using @kbd{M-x view-file}
-(@code{dired-view-file}). Viewing a file with @code{view-file} is
-like visiting it, but is slanted toward moving around in the file
-conveniently and does not allow changing the file. @xref{Misc File
-Ops, View File, Miscellaneous File Operations}.
+View the file described on the current line, with View mode
+(@code{dired-view-file}). View mode provides convenient commands to
+navigate the buffer but forbids changing it; @xref{View Mode}.
@item ^
@kindex ^ @r{(Dired)}
@@ -520,9 +535,9 @@ the regular expression @var{regexp}
@kbd{% m}, except that it searches the file contents instead of the file
name.
-@item C-x u
+@item C-/
+@itemx C-x u
@itemx C-_
-@itemx C-/
@kindex C-_ @r{(Dired)}
@findex dired-undo
Undo changes in the Dired buffer, such as adding or removing
@@ -615,7 +630,7 @@ Like the other commands in this section, this command operates on the
Rename the specified files (@code{dired-do-rename}). If you rename a
single file, the argument @var{new} is the new name of the file. If
you rename several files, the argument @var{new} is the directory into
-which to move the files (this is like the shell command @code{mv}).
+which to move the files (this is like the shell command @command{mv}).
Dired automatically changes the visited file name of buffers associated
with renamed files so that they refer to the new names.
@@ -625,7 +640,7 @@ with renamed files so that they refer to the new names.
@cindex hard links (in Dired)
@item H @var{new} @key{RET}
Make hard links to the specified files (@code{dired-do-hardlink}).
-This is like the shell command @code{ln}. The argument @var{new} is
+This is like the shell command @command{ln}. The argument @var{new} is
the directory to make the links in, or (if making just one link) the
name to give the link.
@@ -642,9 +657,10 @@ link.
@kindex M @r{(Dired)}
@cindex changing file permissions (in Dired)
@item M @var{modespec} @key{RET}
-Change the mode (also called ``permission bits'') of the specified files
-(@code{dired-do-chmod}). @var{modespec} can be in octal or symbolic
-notation like arguments handled by the @code{chmod} program.
+Change the mode (also called @dfn{permission bits}) of the specified
+files (@code{dired-do-chmod}). @var{modespec} can be in octal or
+symbolic notation, like arguments handled by the @command{chmod}
+program.
@findex dired-do-chgrp
@kindex G @r{(Dired)}
@@ -663,8 +679,8 @@ this.)
@vindex dired-chown-program
The variable @code{dired-chown-program} specifies the name of the
-program to use to do the work (different systems put @code{chown} in
-different places).
+program to use to do the work (different systems put @command{chown}
+in different places).
@findex dired-do-touch
@kindex T @r{(Dired)}
@@ -952,17 +968,17 @@ The backup file is the first file given to @code{diff}.
@cindex subdirectories in Dired
@cindex expanding subdirectories in Dired
- A Dired buffer displays just one directory in the normal case;
-but you can optionally include its subdirectories as well.
+ A Dired buffer usually displays just one directory, but you can
+optionally include its subdirectories as well.
The simplest way to include multiple directories in one Dired buffer is
-to specify the options @samp{-lR} for running @code{ls}. (If you give a
+to specify the options @samp{-lR} for running @command{ls}. (If you give a
numeric argument when you run Dired, then you can specify these options
in the minibuffer.) That produces a recursive directory listing showing
all subdirectories at all levels.
More often, you will want to show only specific subdirectories. You
-can do this with the @kbd{i} command:
+can do this with @kbd{i} (@code{dired-maybe-insert-subdir}):
@table @kbd
@findex dired-maybe-insert-subdir
@@ -973,25 +989,27 @@ can do this with the @kbd{i} command:
Insert the contents of a subdirectory later in the buffer.
@end table
-Use the @kbd{i} (@code{dired-maybe-insert-subdir}) command on a line
-that describes a file which is a directory. It inserts the contents of
-that directory into the same Dired buffer, and moves there. Inserted
-subdirectory contents follow the top-level directory of the Dired
-buffer, just as they do in @samp{ls -lR} output.
-
-If the subdirectory's contents are already present in the buffer, the
-@kbd{i} command just moves to it.
-
-In either case, @kbd{i} sets the Emacs mark before moving, so @kbd{C-u
-C-@key{SPC}} takes you back to the old position in the buffer (the line
-describing that subdirectory). You can also use @samp{^} to return
-to the parent directory in the same Dired buffer.
-
-Use the @kbd{l} command (@code{dired-do-redisplay}) to update the
-subdirectory's contents. Use @kbd{C-u k} on the subdirectory header
-line to remove the subdirectory listing (@pxref{Dired Updating}). You
-can also hide and show inserted subdirectories (@pxref{Hiding
-Subdirectories}).
+@noindent
+If you use this command on a line that describes a file which is a
+directory, it inserts the contents of that directory into the same
+Dired buffer, and moves there. Inserted subdirectory contents follow
+the top-level directory of the Dired buffer, just as they do in
+@samp{ls -lR} output.
+
+ If the subdirectory's contents are already present in the buffer,
+the @kbd{i} command just moves to it.
+
+ In either case, @kbd{i} sets the Emacs mark before moving, so
+@kbd{C-u C-@key{SPC}} returns to your previous position in the Dired
+buffer (@pxref{Setting Mark}). You can also use @samp{^} to return to
+the parent directory in the same Dired buffer (@pxref{Dired
+Visiting}).
+
+ Use the @kbd{l} command (@code{dired-do-redisplay}) to update the
+subdirectory's contents, and use @kbd{C-u k} on the subdirectory
+header line to remove the subdirectory listing (@pxref{Dired
+Updating}). You can also hide and show inserted subdirectories
+(@pxref{Hiding Subdirectories}).
@ifnottex
@include dired-xtra.texi
@@ -1209,10 +1227,10 @@ tell @command{find} what condition to test. To use this command, you
need to know how to use @command{find}.
@vindex find-ls-option
- The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by the
-variable @code{find-ls-option}, whose default value specifies using
-options @samp{-ld} for @code{ls}. If your listings are corrupted, you
-may need to change the value of this variable.
+ The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by
+the variable @code{find-ls-option}, whose default value specifies
+using options @samp{-ld} for @command{ls}. If your listings are
+corrupted, you may need to change the value of this variable.
@findex locate
@findex locate-with-filter
@@ -1338,10 +1356,14 @@ 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 the directory if it does not already
-exist.
+directory name, and creates that directory. It signals an error if
+the directory already exists.
@cindex searching multiple files via Dired
+@kindex M-s a C-s @r{(Dired)}
+@kindex M-s a M-C-s @r{(Dired)}
+@findex dired-do-isearch
+@findex dired-do-isearch-regexp
The command @kbd{M-s a C-s} (@code{dired-do-isearch}) begins a
``multi-file'' incremental search on the marked files. If a search
fails at the end of a file, typing @kbd{C-s} advances to the next
diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index 88bd5949b47..6ce298c1795 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1183,6 +1183,12 @@ point is on a directory entry, mark all files in that directory tree
(@code{vc-dir-mark-all-files}). With a prefix argument, mark all
listed files and directories.
+@kindex q @r{(VC Directory)}
+@findex quit-window
+@item q
+Bury the VC Directory buffer, and delete its window if the window was
+created just for that buffer.
+
@item u
Unmark the file or directory on the current line. If the region is
active, unmark all the files in the region (@code{vc-dir-unmark}).