(dired-listing-switches): Mention in the doc string

that some switches are not supported by ls-lisp.el

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c5b87637c9b..ce8cda14bed 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-11-20  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+        * dired.el (dired-listing-switches): Mention in the doc string
+        that some switches are not supported by ls-lisp.el
+
 2001-11-19  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
 
         * imenu.el (imenu--split-menu): Use dolist and copy-sequence.
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 8ba712adf42..d7217b60f21 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@
   "*Switches passed to `ls' for dired.  MUST contain the `l' option.
 May contain all other options that don't contradict `-l';
 may contain even `F', `b', `i' and `s'.  See also the variable
-`dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch."
+`dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch.
+On systems such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, which use `ls' emulation in Lisp,
+some of the `ls' switches are not supported; see the doc string of
+`insert-directory' on ls-lisp.el for more details."
   :type 'string
   :group 'dired)