RE: [External] : Re: Dired: how to mark with other character but *

[Drew Adams]

> > There isn't one.  But you could define one.
> 
> (defun diredp-mark-with-char (char &optional arg)...

Also, there are these functions to mark with a
particular char:  

 dired-mark-files-regexp
 dired-mark-files-containing-regexp

(They're commands, but they don't ask for the
char when called interactively.)
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And you can just set `dired-marker-char' to
whatever char you want, anytime:

 `M-: (setq dired-marker-char ?Q)'

And then use that marker for all Dired commands.

`dired-marker-char' affects many Dired features,
even font-locking.  They just DTRT, in general.
Look for `dired-marker-char' in files dired*.el.