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Miscellaneous Commands
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   Miscellaneous features not fitting anywhere else:

`dired-find-subdir'
     Default: `nil'

     If non-`nil', Dired does not make a new buffer for a directory if
     it can be found (perhaps as subdirectory) in some existing Dired
     buffer.

     If there are several Dired buffers for a directory, the most
     recently used is chosen.

     Dired avoids switching to the current buffer, so that if you have a
     normal and a wildcard buffer for the same directory, `C-x d RET'
     will toggle between those two.

`M-g'
     (`dired-goto-file') Go to the line of a file (or directory).

`M-G'
     (`dired-goto-subdir') Go to the header line of an inserted
     directory.  This command reads its argument, with completion
     derived from the names of the inserted subdirectories.

`w'
     (`dired-copy-filename-as-kill') The `w' command puts the names of
     the marked (or next N) files into the kill ring, as if you had
     killed them with `C-w'.  With a zero prefix argument N=0, use the
     complete pathname of each file.  With a raw (just `C-u') prefix
     argument, use the relative pathname of each marked file.  As a
     special case, if no prefix argument is given and point is on a
     directory headerline, it gives you the name of that directory,
     without looking for marked files.

     The list of names is also stored onto the variable
     `dired-marked-files' for use, e.g., in the `M-:'
     (`eval-expression') command.

     As this command also displays what was pushed onto the kill ring,
     you can use it to display the list of currently marked files in the
     echo area (unless you happen to be on a subdirectory headerline).

     You can then feed the file name to other Emacs commands with `C-y'.
     For example, say you want to rename a file with a long name to a
     slightly different name.  First type `w' to push the old name onto
     the kill ring.  Then type `R' to rename it and use `C-y' inside
     `R''s minibuffer prompt to insert the old name at a convenient
     place.

`T'
     (`dired-do-toggle') Toggle marks.  That is, currently marked files
     become unmarked and vice versa.  Files marked with other flags
     (such as `D') are not affected.  The special directories `.' and
     `..' are never toggled.

`dired-smart-shell-command'
     Like function `shell-command', but in the current Dired directory.
     Bound to `M-!' in Dired buffers.

`dired-jump'
     Bound to `C-x C-j'.  Jump back to Dired: If in a file, edit the
     current directory and move to file's line.  If in Dired already,
     pop up a level and go to old directory's line.  In case the proper
     Dired file line cannot be found, refresh the Dired buffer and try
     again.

`dired-jump-other-window'
     Bound to `C-x 4 C-j'. Like `dired-jump', but to other window.

     These functions can be autoloaded so they work even though
     `dired-x.el' has not been loaded yet (Note: Optional Installation
     Dired Jump).

     If the variable `dired-bind-jump' is `nil', `dired-jump' will not
     be bound to `C-x C-j' and `dired-jump-other-window' will not be
     bound to `C-x 4 C-j'.

`dired-vm'
     Bound to `V' if `dired-bind-vm' is t.  Run VM on this file (assumed
     to be a UNIX mail folder).

     If you give this command a prefix argument, it will visit the
     folder read-only.  This only works in VM 5, not VM 4.

     If the variable `dired-vm-read-only-folders' is `t', `dired-vm'
     will visit all folders read-only.  If it is neither `nil' nor `t',
     e.g., the symbol `if-file-read-only', only files not writable by
     you are visited read-only.  This is the recommended value if you
     run VM 5.

     If the variable `dired-bind-vm' is t, `dired-vm' will be bound to
     `V'.  Otherwise, `dired-bind-rmail' will be bound.

`dired-rmail'
     Bound to `V' if `dired-bind-vm' is `nil'.  Run Rmail on this file
     (assumed to be mail folder in Rmail/BABYL format).

`dired-info'
     Bound to `I'.  Run Info on this file (assumed to be a file in Info
     format).

     If the variable `dired-bind-info' is `nil', `dired-info' will not
     be bound to `I'.

`dired-man'
     Bound to `N'.  Run man on this file (assumed to be a file in
     `nroff' format).

     If the variable `dired-bind-man' is `nil', `dired-man' will not be
     bound to `N'.

`dired-do-relative-symlink'
     Bound to `Y'.  Relative symlink all marked (or next ARG) files
     into a directory, or make a relative symbolic link to the current
     file.  This creates relative symbolic links like

              foo -> ../bar/foo

     not absolute ones like

              foo -> /ugly/path/that/may/change/any/day/bar/foo

`dired-do-relative-symlink-regexp'
     Bound to `%Y'.  Relative symlink all marked files containing
     REGEXP to NEWNAME.  See functions `dired-do-rename-regexp' and
     `dired-do-relsymlink' for more info.