From 7198b45925871d0d77b8fea7cd9be818aa6806d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 07:58:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Comparison in Dired): Make it clear that ``the mark'' is settable by C-SPC. --- man/dired.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi index 761c52215fd..8bb014a59b9 100644 --- a/man/dired.texi +++ b/man/dired.texi @@ -786,7 +786,10 @@ regular expression specified in any @kbd{%} command as a default. Compare the current file (the file at point) with another file (the file at the mark) using the @code{diff} program (@code{dired-diff}). The file at the mark is the first argument of @code{diff}, and the file at -point is the second argument. +point is the second argument. Use @kbd{C-@key{SPC}} +(@code{set-mark-command}) to set the mark at the first file's line +(@pxref{Setting Mark}), since @code{dired-diff} ignores the files marked +with the Dired's @kbd{m} command. @findex dired-backup-diff @kindex M-= @r{(Dired)} -- 2.39.5