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diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 24fd02aac1a..fdc4703e86f 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -129,6 +129,17 @@ options (that is, single characters) requiring no arguments, and long options (starting with @samp{--}) whose arguments are specified with @samp{=}. +@vindex dired-switches-in-mode-line + Dired displays in the mode line an indication of what were the +switches used to invoke @command{ls}. By default, Dired will try to +determine whether the switches indicate sorting by name or date, and +will say so in the mode line. If the @code{dired-switches-in-mode-line} +variable is @code{as-is}, the switches will be shown verbatim. If +this variable's value is an integer, the switch display will be +truncated to that length. This variable can also be a function, which +will be called with @code{dired-actual-switches} as the only +parameter, and should return a string to display in the mode line. + @vindex dired-use-ls-dired If your @command{ls} program supports the @samp{--dired} option, Dired automatically passes it that option; this causes @command{ls} to |