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authorGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2011-07-13 13:55:04 -0400
committerGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2011-07-13 13:55:04 -0400
commit90a6258b05e00c6e47acc4e85edabf6e92ea1e84 (patch)
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parent3af98a7b7df9ae243e9c05f34a80fdfb92ea42a3 (diff)
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired Enter): Mention --dired. (Bug#9039)
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+2011-07-13 Glenn Morris <[email protected]>
+
+ * dired.texi (Dired Enter): Mention --dired. (Bug#9039)
+
2011-07-13 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email protected]>
* mark.texi (Mark Ring): Clarify how many locations are saved
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
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@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ 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{=}.
+@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.