From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: moasenwood--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Dired: how to mark with other character but * Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:23:38 +0100 Message-ID: <878s89lgcl.fsf@zoho.eu> References: <87k0rtha1r.fsf@mbork.pl> Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37937"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:UUug3yeAjAKbmxhMgiIiB4rhuEc= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 08:24:27 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l675v-0009k9-J8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:24:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42778 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l675u-0000YI-MT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:24:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37194) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l675I-0000YA-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:38882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l675G-0004hX-Jo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:23:47 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l675E-0008rS-6f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:23:44 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127475 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski wrote: > From the manual: > > ‘* c OLD-MARKCHAR NEW-MARKCHAR’ Replace all marks that use > the character OLD-MARKCHAR with marks that use the > character NEW-MARKCHAR (‘dired-change-marks’). > This command is the primary way to create or use marks > other than ‘*’ or ‘D’. The arguments are single > characters—do not use to terminate them. > > (and yes, it is not easy to find unless you know what you're > looking for). Still, sounds complicated with all the replace and change stuff - what's the command to just mark the file at point with an arbitrary char? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal