From 6bd2aaa4aa346c3e18d7c9d60199c71722958b17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:04:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Dired Enter): Mention conditions on `ls' switches. (Dired and Find): Mention differences with ordinary Dired buffers. --- man/dired.texi | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi index 57fa240c39a..9d2c5f096d5 100644 --- a/man/dired.texi +++ b/man/dired.texi @@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ the special commands of Dired are available. give to @code{ls} for listing directory; this string @emph{must} contain @samp{-l}. If you use a numeric prefix argument with the @code{dired} command, you can specify the @code{ls} switches with the minibuffer -before you enter the directory specification. +before you enter the directory specification. No matter how they are +specified, the @code{ls} switches should all be short options (that +is, single characters) requiring no arguments. @findex dired-other-window @kindex C-x 4 d @@ -1099,6 +1101,11 @@ may need to change the value of this variable. program. @kbd{M-x locate-with-filter} is similar, but keeps only lines matching a given regular expression. +These buffers don't work entirely like ordinary Dired buffers. File +operations work, but do not always automatically update the buffer. +Reverting the buffer with @kbd{g} deletes all inserted subdirectories, +and erases all flags and marks. + @node Misc Dired Commands @section Other Dired Commands -- 2.30.2