Variable: dired-marker-char

dired-marker-char is a variable defined in dired.el.gz.

Value

42

Documentation

In Dired, the current mark character.

This is what the do-commands look for, and what the mark-commands store.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
;;; Internal variables

(defvar dired-marker-char ?*		; the answer is 42
  ;; so that you can write things like
  ;; (let ((dired-marker-char ?X))
  ;;    ;; great code using X markers ...
  ;;    )
  ;; For example, commands operating on two sets of files, A and B.
  ;; Or marking files with digits 0-9.  This could implicate
  ;; concentric sets or an order for the marked files.
  ;; The code depends on dynamic scoping on the marker char.
  "In Dired, the current mark character.
This is what the do-commands look for, and what the mark-commands store.")