Re: `k' in Dired with inserted subdirectories.

[Luc Teirlinck]

Richard Stallman wrote:

   This avoids the passive.  If we combine the tail end of this
   with the rest from the previous example, we get a good text:

       !   If you kill the line for a file that is a directory using
       ! @kbd{k} with a numeric prefix argument, this function deletes
       ! that subdirectory from the buffer as well.  Typing @kbd{C-u k}
       ! on the header line for a subdirectory is another way to delete a
       ! subdirectory from the Dired buffer.

"that subdirectory" sounds somewhat confusing, because most
directories are not inserted in the Dired buffer as subdirectories.

What about:

  If you use @kbd{k} with a numeric prefix argument to kill the line
for a file that is a directory, which the Dired buffer also displays
as a subdirectory, then this deletes that subdirectory from the buffer
as well.  Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the header line for a subdirectory is
another way to delete a subdirectory from the Dired buffer.