From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:29:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Dired Updating): `k' only deletes inserted subdirectories from the X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~5448 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35d9c1cc0dbb99fda5afe95ef22094743e0d28a1;p=emacs.git (Dired Updating): `k' only deletes inserted subdirectories from the Dired buffer if a prefix argument was given. --- diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi index 9d2c5f096d5..f19ce7e1ab0 100644 --- a/man/dired.texi +++ b/man/dired.texi @@ -1030,10 +1030,11 @@ the file-operating commands, this command operates on the next @var{n} files, or on the marked files if any; but it does not operate on the current file as a last resort. - If you kill the line for a file that is a directory, the directory's -contents are also deleted from the buffer. Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the -header line for a subdirectory is another way to delete a subdirectory -from the Dired buffer. + If you use @kbd{k} with a numeric prefix argument to kill the line +for a file that is a directory, which you have inserted in the Dired +buffer as a subdirectory, then this deletes that subdirectory from the +buffer as well. Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the header line for a subdirectory +is another way to delete a subdirectory from the Dired buffer. The @kbd{g} command brings back any individual lines that you have killed in this way, but not subdirectories---you must use @kbd{i} to