From 1b6f26fb838f30dc7670060f7d9b1b31d4797f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:40:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Visiting): Add a note about visiting file archives. From Nelson H. F. Beebe . --- man/files.texi | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.39.5