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@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ characters well. If you have many such files, you may consider adding
special characters and allow Dired to handle them better. (You can
also use the @kbd{C-u C-x d} command to add @samp{-b} temporarily.)
+@code{dired-listing-switches} can be declared as connection-local
+variable to adjust it to match what a remote system expects
+(@pxref{Connection Variables}).
+
@vindex dired-switches-in-mode-line
Dired displays in the mode line an indication of what were the
switches used to invoke @command{ls}. By default, Dired will try to
@@ -684,6 +688,19 @@ cause trouble. For example, after renaming one or more files,
@code{dired-undo} restores the original names in the Dired buffer,
which gets the Dired buffer out of sync with the actual contents of
the directory.
+
+@item touchscreen-hold
+@kindex touchscreen-hold @r{(Dired)}
+@findex dired-click-to-select-mode
+@findex dired-enable-click-to-select-mode
+Enter a ``click to select'' mode, where using the mouse button
+@kbd{mouse-2} on a file name will cause its mark to be toggled. This
+mode is useful when performing file management using a touch screen
+device.
+
+It is enabled when a ``hold'' gesture (@pxref{Touchscreens}) is
+detected over a file name, and is automatically disabled once a Dired
+command operates on the marked files.
@end table
@node Operating on Files