options (starting with @samp{--}) whose arguments are specified with
@samp{=}.
+ On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, Emacs @emph{emulates} @code{ls};
+see @ref{ls in Lisp}, for options and peculiarities of that emulation.
+
+
@findex dired-other-window
@kindex C-x 4 d
@findex dired-other-frame
(move up and unflag) is often useful simply for moving up.
@findex dired-goto-file
-@kindex M-g @r{(Dired)}
- @kbd{M-g} (@code{dired-goto-file}) moves point to the line that
+@kindex j @r{(Dired)}
+ @kbd{j} (@code{dired-goto-file}) moves point to the line that
describes a specified file or directory.
Some additional navigation commands are available when the Dired
removing @samp{x-} from the front of each file name, is also possible:
one method is @kbd{% R ^x-\(.*\)$ @key{RET} \1 @key{RET}}; another is
@kbd{% R ^x- @key{RET} @key{RET}}. (Use @samp{^} and @samp{$} to anchor
-matches that should span the whole filename.)
+matches that should span the whole file name.)
Normally, the replacement process does not consider the files'
directory names; it operates on the file name within the directory. If
Apart from simply renaming files, you can move a file to another
directory by typing in the new file name (either absolute or
-relative). To mark a file for deletion, delete the entire filename.
+relative). To mark a file for deletion, delete the entire file name.
To change the target of a symbolic link, edit the link target name
which appears next to the link name.
more stringent comparisons by entering a Lisp expression, which can
refer to the variables @code{size1} and @code{size2}, the respective
file sizes; @code{mtime1} and @code{mtime2}, the last modification
-times in seconds, as floating point numers; and @code{fa1} and
+times in seconds, as floating point numbers; and @code{fa1} and
@code{fa2}, the respective file attribute lists (as returned by the
function @code{file-attributes}). This expression is evaluated for
each pair of like-named files, and if the expression's value is
non-@code{nil}, those files are considered ``different''.
- For instance, @code{M-x dired-compare-directories @key{RET} (>
-mtime1 mtime2) @key{RET}} marks files newer in this directory than in
-the other, and marks files older in the other directory than in this
-one. It also marks files with no counterpart, in both directories, as
-always.
+ For instance, the sequence @code{M-x dired-compare-directories
+@key{RET} (> mtime1 mtime2) @key{RET}} marks files newer in this
+directory than in the other, and marks files older in the other
+directory than in this one. It also marks files with no counterpart,
+in both directories, as always.
@cindex drag and drop, Dired
On the X window system, Emacs supports the ``drag and drop''