From 766376c674822a81e1d8f5a481d1390dfa5b78a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 22:13:26 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] * dired.texi (Dired Updating): Doc fix. Fixes: debbugs:11744 --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/emacs/dired.texi | 20 ++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index c7cbc78f91..a402c8a17a 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-11-05 Chong Yidong + + * dired.texi (Dired Updating): Doc fix (Bug#11744). + 2012-10-30 Michael Albinus * trouble.texi (Known Problems): Mention command `debbugs-gnu-usertags'. diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index c08dc02b04..69b72b2c73 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -1170,17 +1170,17 @@ automatically when you revisit it, by setting the variable @kindex k @r{(Dired)} @findex dired-do-kill-lines - To delete the specified @emph{file lines} from the buffer---not -delete the files---type @kbd{k} (@code{dired-do-kill-lines}). Like + To delete @emph{file lines} from the buffer---without actually +deleting the files---type @kbd{k} (@code{dired-do-kill-lines}). Like the file-operating commands, this command operates on the next @var{n} -files, or on the marked files if any; but it does not operate on the -current file as a last resort. - - If you use @kbd{k} with a numeric prefix argument to kill the line -for a file that is a directory, which you have inserted in the Dired -buffer as a subdirectory, it removed that subdirectory line from the -buffer as well. Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the header line for a -subdirectory also removes the subdirectory line from the Dired buffer. +files, or on the marked files if any. However, it does not operate on +the current file, since otherwise mistyping @kbd{k} could be annoying. + + If you use @kbd{k} to kill the line for a directory file which you +had inserted in the Dired buffer as a subdirectory +(@pxref{Subdirectories in Dired}), it removes the subdirectory listing +as well. Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the header line for a subdirectory +also removes the subdirectory line from the Dired buffer. The @kbd{g} command brings back any individual lines that you have killed in this way, but not subdirectories---you must use @kbd{i} to -- 2.20.1