From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: dired-do-copy's Help doesn't mention magic characters Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:31:47 +0200 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <8011-Fri22Mar2002123147+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1016793373 3978 127.0.0.1 (22 Mar 2002 10:36:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:36:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16oMP7-000123-00 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:36:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16oMP6-000098-00; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 05:36:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mirapoint.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.20]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16oMO8-00006L-00 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 05:35:12 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (diup-217-59.inter.net.il [213.8.217.59]) by mirapoint.inter.net.il (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id BGL36770; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:35:04 +0200 (IST) Original-To: jidanni@yahoo.com.tw X-Mailer: emacs 21.2.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-Reply-To: (message from Dan Jacobson on 22 Mar 2002 12:16:28 +0800) Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:50 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:50 > From: Dan Jacobson > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug > Date: 22 Mar 2002 12:16:28 +0800 > > dired-do-copy's Help doesn't mention the use of $ in the target file > name. E.g. I told it to copy to foo$$ and it copies to foo$, I told > it foo$$$ and I get an error, I told it foo$$$$ and I get foo$$. > Nowhere do I get $$ to be the shell PID... $$ is a general feature of file-name handling in Emacs, so it's not clear where to document that (except in the manual; see the node "File names"). _______________________________________________ Bug-gnu-emacs mailing list Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-emacs