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Re: Dired: how to mark with other character but *


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: Dired: how to mark with other character but *
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:23:38 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

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 <RET> 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?

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