From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:35:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Operating on Files): Document dired-dwim-target. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.103~99 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b792ae3605a3824b49f3b7a83300fd3f6b7b1f59;p=emacs.git (Operating on Files): Document dired-dwim-target. --- diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi index a4f141e3b9d..92316f98642 100644 --- a/man/dired.texi +++ b/man/dired.texi @@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ on all those files. Otherwise, the command operates on the current file only. @end itemize +@vindex dired-dwim-target +@cindex two directories (in Dired) + Commands which ask for a destination directory, such as those which +copy and rename files or create links for them, try to guess the default +target directory for the operation. Normally, they suggest the Dired +buffer's default directory, but if the variable @code{dired-dwim-target} +is non-@code{nil}, and if there is another Dired buffer displayed in the +next window, that other buffer's directory is suggested instead. + Here are the file-manipulating commands that operate on files in this way. (Some other Dired commands, such as @kbd{!} and the @samp{%} commands, also use these conventions to decide which files to work on.)