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master 72a3bbf27e 1/2: Improve the Archive file names tramp documentatio


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: master 72a3bbf27e 1/2: Improve the Archive file names tramp documentation
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 01:51:58 -0500 (EST)

branch: master
commit 72a3bbf27e2ce7d99077486913aa2a132403e59f
Author: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>

    Improve the Archive file names tramp documentation
    
    * doc/misc/tramp.texi (Archive file names): Explicitly say how to
    open an archive with Tramp (bug#25076).
---
 doc/misc/tramp.texi | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index ea544218ec..8ee4ab24cd 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -4164,8 +4164,10 @@ methods}.  Internally, file archives are mounted via the
 @acronym{GVFS} @option{archive} method.
 
 A file archive is a regular file of kind @file{/path/to/dir/file.EXT}.
-The extension @samp{.EXT} identifies the type of the file archive.  A
-file inside a file archive, called archive file name, has the name
+The extension @samp{.EXT} identifies the type of the file archive.  To
+examine the contents of an archive with Dired, open file name as if it
+were a directory (i.e., open @file{/path/to/dir/file.EXT/}).  A file
+inside a file archive, called archive file name, has the name
 @file{/path/to/dir/file.EXT/dir/file}.
 
 Most of the @ref{Magic File Names, , magic file name operations,



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