From: Robert Pluim Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:57:14 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Clarify meaning of '*' X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.1.90~158 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=219893a519e57a53425ea2c821ef0781f9642771;p=emacs.git Clarify meaning of '*' * doc/misc/dired-x.texi (Shell Command Guessing): Clarify meaning of '*'. (Bug#32733) --- diff --git a/doc/misc/dired-x.texi b/doc/misc/dired-x.texi index a502667ab83..d7f3586675c 100644 --- a/doc/misc/dired-x.texi +++ b/doc/misc/dired-x.texi @@ -593,8 +593,7 @@ where each @var{command} can either be a string or a Lisp expression that evaluates to a string. If several commands are given, all of them will temporarily be pushed onto the history. -If @samp{*} in the shell command, that means to substitute the file -name. +A @samp{*} in the shell command is replaced by the file name. You can set this variable in your @file{~/.emacs}. For example, to add rules for @samp{.foo} and @samp{.bar} file extensions, write