Your bug report #10598: 24.1; Confusing behavior of & in Dired which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 11815@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 10598: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10598 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems