Re: dired and `ls' flags

[Harry Putnam]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> And that option is explained front-and-center in the Dired section of the 
> manual
> - see the first node, `Dired Enter'.
>
> That same node also mentions that using a prefix arg with command `dired'
> prompts you for the `'ls' switches to use:
>
>  "If you use a numeric prefix argument with the `dired' command,
>   you can specify the `ls' switches with the minibuffer before
>   you enter the directory specification."

Ahaaa... now that is a useful bit of knowledge... quite handy and
needs no extra lisp files.