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bug#20992: 25.0.50; `virtual-dired': (1) doc typo, (2) unclear


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#20992: 25.0.50; `virtual-dired': (1) doc typo, (2) unclear
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:48:03 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

>> The difference, I think, is how the listing is generated.
>> Instead of passing a list of file/dir names (possibly
>> absolute) and `ls' switches to `dired', for virtual-dired
>> you pass a "rendered" listing (I guess).
>
> Yes, that might be the truth.

I've now altered the doc string in Emacs 29 to note that 1) the command
is rarely useful for anything, and 2) try to describe what it does.

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