Subject: Re: bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:19:08 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked]
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:36:54 +0200
> 
> >   A @samp{*} in the shell command stands for the file name that
> >   matched the regexp.
> 
> I donʼt find that notably clearer nor more 'active'.

I think it's slightly better, although not overwhelmingly so.
However, we make a point of avoiding passive tense in our
documentation, so it makes sense to try to avoid it even if the effect
is relatively minor.