From 3161cd2c6821287d8688156f111902fa660c65cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:34:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Visiting): Document case-insensitive wildcard matching under find-file-wildcards. --- man/files.texi | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 3eb413b4687..277625088ac 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -289,13 +289,14 @@ 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 -characters, Emacs visits all the files that match it. Wildcards -include @samp{?}, @samp{*}, and @samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. To enter -the wild card @samp{?} in a file name in the minibuffer, you need to -type @kbd{C-q ?}. @xref{Quoted File Names}, for information on how to -visit a file whose name actually contains wildcard characters. You -can disable the wildcard feature by customizing -@code{find-file-wildcards}. +characters, Emacs visits all the files that match it. (On +case-insensitive filesystems, Emacs matches the wildcards disregarding +the letter case.) Wildcards include @samp{?}, @samp{*}, and +@samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. To enter the wild card @samp{?} in a file +name in the minibuffer, you need to type @kbd{C-q ?}. @xref{Quoted +File Names}, for information on how to visit a file whose name +actually contains wildcard characters. You can disable the wildcard +feature by customizing @code{find-file-wildcards}. If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify, or that is marked read-only, Emacs makes the buffer read-only too, so -- 2.39.5