From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:40:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Visiting): Add a note about visiting file archives.
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(Visiting): Add a note about visiting file archives.
From Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.
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diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index b028e4d20b6..01cdf6daa0d 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ look at, or operate on the files in the directory.  However, if the
 variable @code{find-file-run-dired} is @code{nil}, then it is an error
 to try to visit a directory.
 
+  Files which are actually collections of other files, or @dfn{file
+archives}, are visited in special modes which invoke a Dired-like
+environment to allow operations on archive members.  @xref{File
+Archives}, for more about these features.
+
 @cindex wildcard characters in file names
 @vindex find-file-wildcards
   If the file name you specify contains shell-style wildcard