* dired-aux.el (dired-kill-line): Add a doc string.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / dired-aux.el

diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 8e4b3b5..5ab4146 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ into this list; they also should call `dired-log' to log the errors.")
   "Compare file at point with file FILE using `diff'.
 FILE defaults to the file at the mark.  (That's the mark set by
 \\[set-mark-command], not by Dired's \\[dired-mark] command.)
-The prompted-for file is the first file given to `diff'.
+The prompted-for FILE is the first file given to `diff'.
 With prefix arg, prompt for second argument SWITCHES,
-which is options for `diff'."
+which is the string of command switches for `diff'."
   (interactive
    (let* ((current (dired-get-filename t))
          ;; Get the file at the mark.
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ can be produced by `dired-get-marked-files', for example."
 ;; Commands that delete or redisplay part of the dired buffer.
 
 (defun dired-kill-line (&optional arg)
+  "Kill the current line (not the files).
+With a prefix argument, kill that many lines starting with the current line.
+\(A negative argument kills backward.)"
   (interactive "P")
   (setq arg (prefix-numeric-value arg))
   (let (buffer-read-only file)
@@ -1008,7 +1011,7 @@ See Info node `(emacs)Subdir switches' for more details."
     (dired-uncache
      (if (consp dired-directory) (car dired-directory) dired-directory))
     (dired-map-over-marks (let ((fname (dired-get-filename))
-                               ;; Postphone readin hook till we map
+                               ;; Postpone readin hook till we map
                                ;; over all marked files (Bug#6810).
                                (dired-after-readin-hook nil))
                            (message "Redisplaying... %s" fname)
@@ -2493,8 +2496,9 @@ with the command \\[tags-loop-continue]."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun dired-show-file-type (file &optional deref-symlinks)
   "Print the type of FILE, according to the `file' command.
-If FILE is a symbolic link and the optional argument DEREF-SYMLINKS is
-true then the type of the file linked to by FILE is printed instead."
+If you give a prefix to this command, and FILE is a symbolic
+link, then the type of the file linked to by FILE is printed
+instead."
   (interactive (list (dired-get-filename t) current-prefix-arg))
   (let (process-file-side-effects)
     (with-temp-buffer