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diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 83051864cc8..7fbb0b91cc7 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ C-x d ~/foo/*/*.el @key{RET} The former lists all the files with extension @samp{.el} in directory @samp{foo}. The latter lists the files with extension @samp{.el} -in subdirectories 2 levels of depth below @samp{foo}. +in all the subdirectories of @samp{foo}. The usual history and completion commands can be used in the minibuffer; in particular, @kbd{M-n} puts the name of the visited file (if any) in @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Even if you have set @code{dired-recursive-deletes} to @code{nil}, you might want sometimes to delete recursively directories without being asked for confirmation for all of them. This is handy when you have marked many directories for deletion and you are very -sure that all of them can safely being deleted. For every nonempty +sure that all of them can safely be deleted. For every nonempty directory you are asked for confirmation; if you answer @code{all}, then all the remaining directories will be deleted without more questions. @@ -488,10 +488,11 @@ Remove all marks from all the files in this Dired buffer @kindex M-DEL @r{(Dired)} @findex dired-unmark-all-files Remove all marks that use the character @var{markchar} -(@code{dired-unmark-all-files}). The argument is a single -character---do not use @key{RET} to terminate it. See the description -of the @kbd{* c} command below, which lets you replace one mark -character with another. +(@code{dired-unmark-all-files}). If invoked with @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}, +the command prompts for @var{markchar}. That @var{markchar} is a +single character---do not use @key{RET} to terminate it. See the +description of the @kbd{* c} command below, which lets you replace one +mark character with another. With a numeric argument, this command queries about each marked file, asking whether to remove its mark. You can answer @kbd{y} meaning yes, @@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ files without asking about them. @findex dired-next-marked-file @kindex * C-n @r{(Dired)} @kindex M-@} @r{(Dired)} -Move down to the next marked file (@code{dired-next-marked-file}) +Move down to the next marked file (@code{dired-next-marked-file}). A file is ``marked'' if it has any kind of mark. @item * C-p @@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ A file is ``marked'' if it has any kind of mark. @findex dired-prev-marked-file @kindex * C-p @r{(Dired)} @kindex M-@{ @r{(Dired)} -Move up to the previous marked file (@code{dired-prev-marked-file}) +Move up to the previous marked file (@code{dired-prev-marked-file}). @item t @itemx * t @@ -574,9 +575,9 @@ the regular expression @var{regexp} name. Note that if a file is visited in an Emacs buffer, and @code{dired-always-read-filesystem} is @code{nil} (the default), this command will look in the buffer without revisiting the file, so the results -might be inconsistent with the file on disk if its contents has changed -since it was last visited. If you don't want this, you may wish -reverting the files you have visited in your buffers, or turning on +might be inconsistent with the file on disk if its contents have changed +since it was last visited. If you don't want this, you may wish to +revert the files you have visited in your buffers, or to turn on the @code{auto-revert} mode in those buffers, before invoking this command. @xref{Reverting}. If you prefer that this command always revisit the file, without having to revert the file or enable @code{auto-revert} |