Subject: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:28:52 -0800 (PST)

> Since the original question was about "making the file read-only",
> I'm guessing the OP is on Windows,

That the user might be on Windows is a good guess.  Or s?he could just
be a beginner wrt UNIX (or GNU/Linux).

> and if that is so, explaining the
> Unix-style permission bits won't help a bit.

True enough for r and x, but not for w.  It is reasonable for a user
on Windows to use `M' to make files read-only or writable.

A little bit more help from the doc for such users could help, I think.