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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index 0998e76c410..44e9ae3701e 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -1405,10 +1405,13 @@ after adding own commands to the composite list." (declare-function w32-shell-execute "w32fns.c") (defun dired-do-open (&optional arg) - "Open the marked files or a file at click/point externally. -If files are marked, run the command from `shell-command-guess-open' -on each of marked files. Otherwise, run it on the file where -the mouse is clicked, or on the file at point." + "Open all marked (or next ARG) files using an external program. +This \"opens\" the file(s) using the external command that is most +appropriate for the file(s) according to the system conventions. +If files are marked, run the command on each marked file. Otherwise, +run it on the next ARG files, or on the file at mouse-click, or on the +file at point. The appropriate command to \"open\" a file on each +system is determined by `shell-command-guess-open'." (interactive "P" dired-mode) (let ((files (if (mouse-event-p last-nonmenu-event) (save-excursion |