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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/dired.texi
From: |
Richard M . Stallman |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/dired.texi |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:01:31 -0500 |
Index: emacs/man/dired.texi
diff -c emacs/man/dired.texi:1.35 emacs/man/dired.texi:1.36
*** emacs/man/dired.texi:1.35 Mon Mar 21 18:12:14 2005
--- emacs/man/dired.texi Mon Mar 28 21:01:31 2005
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*** 39,44 ****
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* Hiding Subdirectories:: Making subdirectories visible or invisible.
* Updating: Dired Updating. Discarding lines for files of no interest.
* Find: Dired and Find. Using `find' to choose the files for
Dired.
+ * Wdired:: Operating on files by editing the Dired buffer.
* Misc: Misc Dired Features. Various other features.
@end menu
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Reverting the buffer with @kbd{g} deletes all inserted subdirectories,
and erases all flags and marks.
+ @node Wdired
+ @section Editing the Dired Buffer
+
+ @cindex wdired mode
+ @findex wdired-change-to-wdired-mode
+ Wdired is a special mode that allows you to perform file operations
+ by editing the Dired buffer directly (the ``W'' in ``Wdired'' stands
+ for ``writable''.) To enter Wdired mode, type @kbd{M-x
+ wdired-change-to-wdired-mode} while in a Dired buffer. Alternatively,
+ use @samp{Edit File Names} in the @samp{Immediate} menu bar menu.
+
+ @findex wdired-finish-edit
+ While in Wdired mode, you can rename files by editing the file names
+ displayed in the Dired buffer. All the ordinary Emacs editing
+ commands, including rectangle operations and @code{query-replace}, are
+ available for this. Once you are done editing, type @kbd{C-c C-c}
+ (@code{wdired-finish-edit}). This applies your changes and switches
+ back to ordinary Dired mode.
+
+ 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.
+ To change the target of a symbolic link, just edit the target name
+ displayed next to the link name.
+
+ The rest of the text in the buffer, such as the file sizes and
+ modification dates, is marked read-only, so you can't edit it.
+ However, if you set @code{wdired-allow-to-change-permissions} to
+ @code{t}, the file permission bits can also be edited. For example,
+ you can change @samp{-rw-r--r--} to @samp{-rw-rw-rw-} to make a file
+ world-writable. These changes also take effect when you type @kbd{C-c
+ C-c}.
+
@node Misc Dired Features
@section Other Dired Features