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-rw-r--r--lisp/dired.el13
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 6e494e2a1fa..9cee146a3ef 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2011-07-01 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+ * dired.el (dired-mode): Fix up the doc string as suggested by
+ Drew Adams (bug#8817).
+
* progmodes/flymake.el (flymake-find-file-hook): Add an `autoload'
cookie, since the manual says that it should be possible to add
this function to `find-file-hook' (bug#8709).
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 43b2170d13a..54a103e39fd 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -696,7 +696,6 @@ shell wildcards appended to select certain files). If DIRNAME is a cons,
its first element is taken as the directory name and the rest as an explicit
list of files to make directory entries for.
\\<dired-mode-map>\
-You can move around in it with the usual commands.
You can flag files for deletion with \\[dired-flag-file-deletion] and then
delete them by typing \\[dired-do-flagged-delete].
Type \\[describe-mode] after entering Dired for more info.
@@ -1789,8 +1788,8 @@ In Dired, you are \"editing\" a list of the files in a directory and
files for later commands or \"flag\" them for deletion, either file
by file or all files matching certain criteria.
You can move using the usual cursor motion commands.\\<dired-mode-map>
-Letters no longer insert themselves. Digits are prefix arguments.
-Instead, type \\[dired-flag-file-deletion] to flag a file for Deletion.
+The buffer is read-only. Digits are prefix arguments.
+Type \\[dired-flag-file-deletion] to flag a file `D' for deletion.
Type \\[dired-mark] to Mark a file or subdirectory for later commands.
Most commands operate on the marked files and use the current file
if no files are marked. Use a numeric prefix argument to operate on
@@ -1798,9 +1797,9 @@ Type \\[dired-mark] to Mark a file or subdirectory for later commands.
to operate on the current file only. Prefix arguments override marks.
Mark-using commands display a list of failures afterwards. Type \\[dired-summary]
to see why something went wrong.
-Type \\[dired-unmark] to Unmark a file or all files of a subdirectory.
+Type \\[dired-unmark] to Unmark a file or all files of an inserted subdirectory.
Type \\[dired-unmark-backward] to back up one line and unflag.
-Type \\[dired-do-flagged-delete] to eXecute the deletions requested.
+Type \\[dired-do-flagged-delete] to delete (eXecute) the files flagged `D'.
Type \\[dired-find-file] to Find the current line's file
(or dired it in another buffer, if it is a directory).
Type \\[dired-find-file-other-window] to find file or dired directory in Other window.
@@ -1810,12 +1809,12 @@ Type \\[dired-do-copy] to Copy files.
Type \\[dired-sort-toggle-or-edit] to toggle Sorting by name/date or change the `ls' switches.
Type \\[revert-buffer] to read all currently expanded directories aGain.
This retains all marks and hides subdirs again that were hidden before.
-SPC and DEL can be used to move down and up by lines.
+Use `SPC' and `DEL' to move down and up by lines.
If Dired ever gets confused, you can either type \\[revert-buffer] \
to read the
directories again, type \\[dired-do-redisplay] \
-to relist a single or the marked files or a
+to relist the file at point or the marked files or a
subdirectory, or type \\[dired-build-subdir-alist] to parse the buffer
again for the directory tree.