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; * lisp/dired-x.el (dired-virtual): Doc fix. (Bug#20992)

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Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-02 12:43:51 +02:00
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@@ -580,7 +580,9 @@ files in the active region if `dired-mark-region' is non-nil."
(defalias 'virtual-dired 'dired-virtual)
(defun dired-virtual (dirname &optional switches)
"Try to make the current buffer into a Dired buffer.
"Treat the current buffer as a Dired buffer showing directory DIRNAME.
Interactively, prompt for DIRNAME.
This command is rarely useful, but may be convenient if you want
to peruse and move around in the output you got from \"ls
-lR\" (or something similar), without having access to the actual
@@ -588,8 +590,8 @@ file system.
Most Dired commands that don't consult the file system will work
as advertised, but commands that try to alter the file system
will usually fail. (If the output is from the current system,
most of those commands, too, will work fine.)
will usually fail. (However, if the output is from the current
system, most of those commands will work fine.)
If you have saved a Dired buffer in a file you can use \\[dired-virtual] to
resume it in a later session.