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

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>>> 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.) ___
>
> 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.

What about utilities?

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