From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: viewing random list of files in dired Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:45:58 -0800 Message-ID: <007f01c9799d$01821b20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <1232283932.889271@arno.fh-trier.de> <1232291478.333319@arno.fh-trier.de><005b01c97988$00b8e440$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><006601c9798e$4f51af00$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><87hc3wa4zx.fsf@newsguy.com><007d01c97994$f99ac400$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <8763kca2pv.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232304394 1197 80.91.229.12 (18 Jan 2009 18:46:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:46:34 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Harry Putnam'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 18 19:47:46 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LOcgJ-0001Sk-54 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:47:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32965 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOcf2-0001Ul-9l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:46:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOceh-0001UK-Cy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:45:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOcef-0001Tx-QZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:45:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60070 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOcef-0001Tr-NI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:45:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com ([148.87.113.125]:62653 helo=rgminet13.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LOcef-0000ko-Al for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:45:53 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet13.oracle.com (acsinet13.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by rgminet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0IIkbY5024443 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:46:38 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt702.oracle.com (acsmt702.oracle.com [141.146.40.80]) by acsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0IIkSQH021858; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:46:29 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.128.33) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:45:45 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 In-Reply-To: <8763kca2pv.fsf@newsguy.com> thread-index: Acl5mq/pZjn+wa2mRNqthL5St0nvGQAAKYsQ X-Source-IP: acsmt702.oracle.com [141.146.40.80] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090204.497378DB.0126:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61457 Archived-At: > > Just set `file-names' to a list of files. E.g.: > > (setq file-names '("some-file-in-def-dir.el" > > "/some/abs/file/foo.el")) > > > > No matter how the list of file names is created, it should work. > > Pretty slick... thanks I don't know why this is undocumented (beyond the source code itself). It is mentioned in neither the Emacs manual nor theh Elisp manual. I've just filed a doc enhancement request. It would be good to mention this in the Emacs manual, node `Dired Enter'.