* Hiding Subdirectories:: Making subdirectories visible or invisible.
* Updating: Dired Updating. Discarding lines for files of no interest.
* Find: Dired and Find. Using `find' to choose the files for Dired.
+* Misc: Misc Dired Commands. Various other features.
@end menu
@node Dired Enter
so common in Dired that it deserves to be easy to type.) @key{DEL}
(move up and unflag) is often useful simply for moving up.
+@findex dired-goto-file
+@kindex M-g
+ @kbd{M-g} (@code{dired-goto-file}) moves point to the line that
+describes a specified file or directory.
+
Some additional navigation commands are available when the Dired
buffer includes several directories. @xref{Subdirectory Motion}.
@item * @@
@kindex * @@ @r{(Dired)}
@findex dired-mark-symlinks
-@cindex marking symlinks (in Dired)
+@cindex marking symbolic links (in Dired)
Mark all symbolic links with @samp{*} (@code{dired-mark-symlinks}).
With a numeric argument, unmark all those files.
@findex dired-do-symlink
@kindex S @r{(Dired)}
-@cindex symlinks (in Dired)
+@cindex symbolic links (creation in Dired)
@item S @var{new} @key{RET}
Make symbolic links to the specified files (@code{dired-do-symlink}).
The argument @var{new} is the directory to make the links in, or (if
options @samp{-ld} for @code{ls}. If your listings are corrupted, you
may need to change the value of this variable.
+@node Misc Dired Commands
+@section Other Dired Commands
+
+@table @kbd
+@item w
+@cindex Adding to the kill ring in Dired.
+@kindex w
+@findex dired-copy-filename-as-kill
+The @kbd{w} command (@code{dired-copy-filename-as-kill}) puts the
+names of the marked (or next @var{n}) files into the kill ring, as if
+you had killed them with @kbd{C-w}. With a zero prefix argument
+@var{n}=0, use the absolute file name of each marked file. With just
+@kbd{C-u} as the prefix argument, use the relative file name of each
+marked file. As a special case, if no prefix argument is given and
+point is on a directory headerline, @kbd{w} gives you the name of that
+directory without looking for marked files.
+
+@vindex dired-marked-files
+The main purpose of the @kbd{w} command is so that you can yank the
+file names into arguments for other Emacs commands. It also displays
+what was pushed onto the kill ring, so you can use it to display the
+list of currently marked files in the echo area. It also stores the
+list of names in the variable @code{dired-marked-files}, for use in
+Lisp expressions.
+@end table
+
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