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(Visiting): List wildcard chars. Mention find-file-wildcards.

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(File Archives): Archiving programs _are_ needed (but not tar).
(Remote Files): Xref quoted file names.
(Quoted File Names): Can quote * as [*].
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@ -220,9 +220,14 @@ look at, or operate on the files in the directory. However, if the
variable @code{find-file-run-dired} is @code{nil}, then it is an error
to try to visit a directory.
If the file name you specify contains wildcard characters, Emacs
visits all the files that match it. @xref{Quoted File Names}, if you
want to visit a file whose name actually contains wildcard characters.
@cindex wildcard characters in file names
@vindex find-file-wildcards
If the file name you specify contains @code{sh}-style wildcard
characters, Emacs visits all the files that match it. @xref{Quoted File
Names}, if you want to visit a file whose name actually contains
wildcard characters. Wildcards comprise @samp{?}, @samp{*} and
@samp{[@dots{}]} sequences. The wildcard feature can be disabled by
customizing @code{find-file-wildcards}.
If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify,
Emacs makes the buffer read-only, so that you won't go ahead and make
@ -2402,6 +2407,9 @@ If you enable Auto Compression mode (@pxref{Compressed Files}), then Tar
mode will be used also for compressed archives in files with extensions
@samp{.tgz}, @code{.tar.Z} and @code{.tar.gz}.
It is not necessary to have the @code{tar} program available to use Tar
mode or Archive mode---Emacs reads the archives directly.
@cindex @code{arc}
@cindex @code{jar}
@cindex @code{zip}
@ -2421,8 +2429,9 @@ programs are typically used on MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems. Java
class archives with extension @samp{.jar} are also recognized. The
keybindings in Archive mode are similar to those in Tar mode.
It is not necessary to have the archiving programs installed to use Tar
mode or Archive mode---Emacs reads the archives directly.
Unlike Tar mode, Archive mode runs the appropriate program to unpack and
repack archives. Details of the program names and their options can be
set in the `Archive' Customize group.
@node Remote Files
@section Remote Files
@ -2458,7 +2467,9 @@ that means to use your own user name. But if you set the variable
You can entirely turn off the FTP file name feature by removing the
entries @var{ange-ftp-completion-hook-function} and
@var{ange-ftp-hook-function} from the variable
@code{file-name-handler-alist}.
@code{file-name-handler-alist}. You can turn off the feature in
individual cases by quoting the file name with @samp{/:} (@pxref{Quoted
File Names}).
@node Quoted File Names
@section Quoted File Names
@ -2481,10 +2492,11 @@ refers to a file whose name is @file{~hack} in directory @file{/tmp}.
a file name that contains @samp{$}. However, the @samp{/:} must be at
the beginning of the buffer in order to quote @samp{$}.
@cindex wildcard characters in file names
You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting.
For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file @file{/tmp/foo*bar}.
However, in most cases you can simply type the wildcard characters for
themselves. For example, if the only file name in @file{/tmp} that
starts with @samp{foo} and ends with @samp{bar} is @file{foo*bar}, then
specifying @file{/tmp/foo*bar} will visit just @file{/tmp/foo*bar}.
Another way is to specify @file{/tmp/foo[*]bar}.