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| author | Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> | 2022-03-19 11:35:55 +0800 |
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| committer | Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> | 2022-03-19 11:35:55 +0800 |
| commit | c7f085b53fe4bf0e6bc13e33b38f46f6b35a5608 (patch) | |
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Document dired-mouse-drag-files
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Misc Dired Features): Explain that
dragging files is now supported.
* etc/NEWS: Update documentation status.
* lisp/dired.el (dired-mouse-drag-files): Fix typo in doc
string.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/dired.texi | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 3112ac332b3..e18c8b048bc 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -1695,9 +1695,15 @@ 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 -protocol. You can drag a file object from another program, and drop -it onto a Dired buffer; this either moves, copies, or creates a link -to the file in that directory. Precisely which action is taken is -determined by the originating program. Dragging files out of a Dired -buffer is currently not supported. +@vindex dired-mouse-drag-files + On the X Window System, Emacs supports the drag and drop protocol. +You can drag a file object from another program, and drop it onto a +Dired buffer; this either moves, copies, or creates a link to the file +in that directory. Precisely which action is taken is determined by +the originating program. Dragging files out of a Dired buffer is also +supported, by enabling the user option @code{dired-mouse-drag-files}, +the mouse can be used to drag files onto other programs. When set to +@code{link}, it will make the other program (typically a file manager) +create a symbolic link to the file, and setting it to any other +non-@code{nil} value will make the other program open or create a copy +of the file. |