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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2005-10-28 16:41:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2005-10-28 16:41:34 +0000 |
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(Visiting): Explain how to enter ? in a file name.
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| @@ -281,11 +281,13 @@ Archives}, for more about these features. | |||
| 281 | 281 | ||
| 282 | @cindex wildcard characters in file names | 282 | @cindex wildcard characters in file names |
| 283 | @vindex find-file-wildcards | 283 | @vindex find-file-wildcards |
| 284 | If the file name you specify contains shell-style wildcard characters, | 284 | If the file name you specify contains shell-style wildcard |
| 285 | Emacs visits all the files that match it. Wildcards include @samp{?}, | 285 | characters, Emacs visits all the files that match it. Wildcards |
| 286 | @samp{*}, and @samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. @xref{Quoted File Names}, for | 286 | include @samp{?}, @samp{*}, and @samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. To enter |
| 287 | information on how to visit a file whose name actually contains wildcard | 287 | the wild card @samp{?} in a file name in the minibuffer, you need to |
| 288 | characters. You can disable the wildcard feature by customizing | 288 | type @kbd{C-q ?}. @xref{Quoted File Names}, for information on how to |
| 289 | visit a file whose name actually contains wildcard characters. You | ||
| 290 | can disable the wildcard feature by customizing | ||
| 289 | @code{find-file-wildcards}. | 291 | @code{find-file-wildcards}. |
| 290 | 292 | ||
| 291 | If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify, | 293 | If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify, |