Variable: dired-maybe-use-globstar

dired-maybe-use-globstar is a customizable variable defined in dired.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, enable globstar if the shell supports it.

Some shells enable this feature by default (e.g. zsh or fish).

See dired-enable-globstar-in-shell for a list of shells that support globstar and disable it by default.

Note that the implementations of globstar have small differences between shells. You must check your shell documentation to see what to expect.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 28.1.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 28.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defcustom dired-maybe-use-globstar nil
  "If non-nil, enable globstar if the shell supports it.
Some shells enable this feature by default (e.g. zsh or fish).

See `dired-enable-globstar-in-shell' for a list of shells
that support globstar and disable it by default.

Note that the implementations of globstar have small differences
between shells.  You must check your shell documentation to see
what to expect."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'dired
  :version "28.1")