where you can navigate between matches and display them as needed
using the commands described in @ref{Xref Commands}.
+@vindex grep-find-ignored-files @r{(Dired)}
+@vindex grep-find-ignored-directories @r{(Dired)}
+If any of the marked files are directories, then this command searches
+all of the files in those directories, and any of their
+subdirectories, recursively, except files whose names match
+@code{grep-find-ignored-files} and subdirectories whose names match
+@code{grep-find-ignored-directories}.
+
@kindex Q @r{(Dired)}
@findex dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace
@cindex search and replace in multiple files (in Dired)
Commands}). In particular, if you exit the query replace loop, you
can use @kbd{r} in that buffer to replace more matches.
@xref{Identifier Search}.
+
+Like with @code{dired-do-find-regexp}, if any of the marked files are
+directories, this command performs replacements in all of the files in
+those directories, and in any of their subdirectories, recursively,
+except for files whose names match @code{grep-find-ignored-files} and
+subdirectories whose names match @code{grep-find-ignored-directories}.
@end table
@node Shell Commands in Dired
To change the target of a symbolic link, edit the link target name
which appears next to the link name.
+ If you edit the file names to create a new subdirectory, Wdired will
+automatically create these new directories. To inhibit this behavior,
+set @code{wdired-create-parent-directories} to @code{nil}.
+
The rest of the text in the buffer, such as the file sizes and
modification dates, is marked read-only, so you can't edit it.
However, if you set @code{wdired-allow-to-change-permissions} to
it added to the kill ring, so you can use it to display the list of
currently marked files in the echo area.
+@kindex W @r{(Dired)}
+@findex browse-url-of-dired-file
+ If you have an HTML file in the file listing, it can be useful to
+view that file with a browser. The @kbd{W}
+(@code{browse-url-of-dired-file}) command will use the standard
+configured browser to view that file.
+
@kindex ( @r{(Dired)}
@findex dired-hide-details-mode
@vindex dired-hide-details-hide-symlink-targets