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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/dired.texi | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/rmail.texi | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/windows.texi | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS.26 | 10 |
4 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 1b03a3967aa..1612fc75d67 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -779,9 +779,15 @@ suitable guess made using the variables @code{lpr-command} and @item Z Compress the specified files (@code{dired-do-compress}). If the file appears to be a compressed file already, uncompress it instead. Each -marked file is compressed into its own archive. This uses the +marked file is compressed into its own archive; this uses the @command{gzip} program if it is available, otherwise it uses -@command{compress}. +@command{compress}. On a directory name, this command produces a +compressed @file{.tar.gz} archive containing all of the directory's +files, by running the @command{tar} command with output piped to +@command{gzip}. To allow decompression of compressed directories, +typing @kbd{Z} on a @file{.tar.gz} or @file{.tgz} archive file unpacks +all the files in the archive into a directory whose name is the +archive name with the extension removed. @findex dired-do-compress-to @kindex c @r{(Dired)} diff --git a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi index a17ef4938e6..c975b588411 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ effect of a @kbd{d} command in most cases. It undeletes the current message if the current message is deleted. Otherwise it moves backward to previous messages until a deleted message is found, and undeletes that message. A numeric prefix argument serves as a repeat count, to -allow deletion of several messages in a single command. +allow undeletion of several messages in a single command. You can usually undo a @kbd{d} with a @kbd{u} because the @kbd{u} moves back to and undeletes the message that the @kbd{d} deleted. But diff --git a/doc/emacs/windows.texi b/doc/emacs/windows.texi index 8cc514494dc..93a68e9ca22 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/windows.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/windows.texi @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ buffer. @xref{Follow Mode}. between neighboring windows in a frame. @kbd{M-x windmove-right} selects the window immediately to the right of the currently selected one, and similarly for the left, up, and down -counterparts. @kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings} binds these +counterparts. @w{@kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings}} binds these commands to @kbd{S-right} etc.; doing so disables shift selection for those keys (@pxref{Shift Selection}). diff --git a/etc/NEWS.26 b/etc/NEWS.26 index 6dba2a950bd..4197317fdd4 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS.26 +++ b/etc/NEWS.26 @@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ often cause crashes. Set it to nil if you really need those fonts. * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 26.2 +** Dired ++++ +*** The 'Z' command on a directory name compresses all of its files. +It produces a compressed '.tar.gz' archive with all the files in the +directory and all of its subdirectories. For symmetry, 'Z' on a +'.tar.gz' or a '.tgz' archive extracts all the archived files into a +directory whose name is the archive name sans the '.tar.gz' or '.tgz' +extension. (This change was actually made in Emacs 26.1, but was not +called out in its NEWS.) + ** Ibuffer --- |