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@@ -1689,6 +1689,13 @@ likewise. @kbd{v} extracts a file into a buffer in View mode
another window, so you could edit the file and operate on the archive
simultaneously.
+ The @kbd{I} key adds a new (regular) file to the archive. The file
+is initially empty, but can readily be edited using the commands
+above. The command inserts the new file before the current one, so
+that using it on the topmost line of the Tar buffer makes the new file
+the first one in the archive, and using it at the end of the buffer
+makes it the last one.
+
@kbd{d} marks a file for deletion when you later use @kbd{x}, and
@kbd{u} unmarks a file, as in Dired. @kbd{C} copies a file from the
archive to disk and @kbd{R} renames a file within the archive.