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24.0.97; doc string of command `dired-insert-subdir'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 11563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11563: 24.0.97; doc string of command `dired-insert-subdir'
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:07:57 -0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> But that begs the question of what those incompatibilities are.  We
> should tell users in the doc string just what they cannot do, instead
> of making them discover this by trial and error.
>
> According to `dired-insert-subdir-validate' the incompatibilities are
> for `F' and `b': a Dired buffer cannot have listings with and without
> `F' or with and without `b'.  This should be said in the doc string of
> `dired-insert-subdir'.

Actually, I can't parse what "with and without `F' or with and without
`b'" is supposed to mean, either...

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