Title: Theory / Unimportant / CS / Softw / Emacs / 27 Dired
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Name: The current file
Definition: The file on the current line
Page: 328
Chapter: 27
Example: emacs's dired

Instruction: dired
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Effect: an Emacs buffer containing a listing of a directory, and optionally some of its subdirectories as well
Context: emacs
Chapter: 27
Abbreviation: C-x d

Instruction: pattern
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Effect: List only the files matching the pattern
Context: emacs's dired
Chapter: 27

Instruction: dired-other-window
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Effect: display the Dired buffer in another window
Context: emacs
Chapter: 27
Abbreviation: C-x 4 d

Instruction: dired-other-frame
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Effect: displays the Dired buffer in a separate frame.
Context: emacs
Chapter: 27
Abbreviation: C-x 5 d

Instruction: quit-window
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Effect: buries the Dired buffer, and deletes its window if the window was created just for that buffer
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Abbreviation: q

Instruction: dired-unmark-backward
Page: 328
Effect: Move up and unflag
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 3
Abbreviation: DEL

Instruction: dired-goto-file
Page: 328
Effect: prompts for a file name using the minibuffer, and moves point to the line in the Dired buffer describing that file.
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2
Abbreviation: j

Instruction: dired-isearch-filenames
Page: 328
Effect: performs a forward incremental search in the Dired buffer, looking for matches only amongst the file names and ignoring the rest of the text in the buffer.
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2
Abbreviation: M-s f C-s

Instruction: dired-isearch-filenames-regexp
Page: 328
Effect: As dired-isearch-filenames, with regexps
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2
Abbreviation: M-s f M-C-s

Instruction: dired-flag-file-deletion
Page: 328
Effect: Flag this file for deletion. If n is set, flag the n successive files (or -n preceding files if n<0)
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2
Variables: n an integer
Abbreviation: d

Instruction: dired-unmark n
Page: 328
Effect: Remove the deletion flag. if n is set, remove it for the n successive files (or -n preceding files if n<0)
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2
Variables: n an integer
Abbreviation: u

Instruction: dired-do-flagged-delete
Page: 328
Effect: Delete files flagged for deletion.
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2
Abbreviation: x

Variable: dired-use-ls-dired
Meaning: Unspecified means: checks whether ls accepts --dired
nil means: do not use --dired
otherwise: use --dired
Page: 328
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27

Instruction: n
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Effect: Same as C-n
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2

Instruction: p
Page: 328
Effect: Same as C-p
Context: emacs's dired mode
Chapter: 27
Section: 2

Variable: dired-isearch-filenames
Meaning: t means: in dired, search only file names
dwin means: in dired, if curser on file name, then search only file name
Page: 328
Context: emacs's dired mode
Section: 2
Chapter: 27

Variable: dired-recursive-deletes
Meaning: Allows dired to delete non-empty directories
Page: 330
Context: emacs's dired mode
Section: 2
Chapter: 27

Variable: delete-by-moving-to-trash
Meaning: Instead of deleting, move deleted files to trash
Page: 330
Context: emacs's dired mode
Section: 2
Chapter: 27