commit - 7cf289ca89a7416999ae02330236042b0d37e3db
commit + 62c141582684ff2afdaa7c8698df9f596b2d3c84
blob - 338a1ff8ca054a81a9f15302314472f0467d0876
blob + 789ce1ca7d8d6f9e2e27bc09dc978263cddf676f
--- src/cmd/acme/dat.h
+++ src/cmd/acme/dat.h
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ int			editing;
 int			erroutfd;
 int			messagesize;		/* negotiated in 9P version setup */
 int			globalautoindent;
+int			nodotfiles;
 
 Channel	*ckeyboard;	/* chan(Rune)[10] */
 Channel	*cplumb;		/* chan(Plumbmsg*) */
blob - 3c1aad20c0ac9462d453542bea427228d10d028d
blob + 15b1467045b911a358ab3df19b7f1ae00906c4e1
--- src/cmd/acme/exec.c
+++ src/cmd/acme/exec.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Buffer	snarfbuf;
 
 void	del(Text*, Text*, Text*, int, int, Rune*, int);
 void	delcol(Text*, Text*, Text*, int, int, Rune*, int);
+void	dotfiles(Text*, Text*, Text*, int, int, Rune*, int);
 void	dump(Text*, Text*, Text*, int, int, Rune*, int);
 void	edit(Text*, Text*, Text*, int, int, Rune*, int);
 void	xexit(Text*, Text*, Text*, int, int, Rune*, int);
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ static Rune LCut[] = { 'C', 'u', 't', 0 };
 static Rune LDel[] = { 'D', 'e', 'l', 0 };
 static Rune LDelcol[] = { 'D', 'e', 'l', 'c', 'o', 'l', 0 };
 static Rune LDelete[] = { 'D', 'e', 'l', 'e', 't', 'e', 0 };
+static Rune LDotfiles[] = { 'D', 'o', 't', 'f', 'i', 'l', 'e', 's', 0 };
 static Rune LDump[] = { 'D', 'u', 'm', 'p', 0 };
 static Rune LEdit[] = { 'E', 'd', 'i', 't', 0 };
 static Rune LExit[] = { 'E', 'x', 'i', 't', 0 };
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ Exectab exectab[] = {
 	{ LDel,		del,		FALSE,	FALSE,	XXX		},
 	{ LDelcol,	delcol,	FALSE,	XXX,		XXX		},
 	{ LDelete,	del,		FALSE,	TRUE,	XXX		},
+	{ LDotfiles,	dotfiles,	FALSE,	XXX,	XXX	},
 	{ LDump,	dump,	FALSE,	TRUE,	XXX		},
 	{ LEdit,		edit,		FALSE,	XXX,		XXX		},
 	{ LExit,		xexit,		FALSE,	XXX,		XXX		},
@@ -362,6 +365,21 @@ del(Text *et, Text *_0, Text *_1, int flag1, int _2, R
 		return;
 	if(flag1 || et->w->body.file->ntext>1 || winclean(et->w, FALSE))
 		colclose(et->col, et->w, TRUE);
+}
+
+void
+dotfiles(Text *et, Text *_0, Text *_1, int _2, int _3, Rune *_4, int _5)
+{
+	USED(_0);
+	USED(_1);
+	USED(_2);
+	USED(_3);
+	USED(_4);
+	USED(_5);
+	USED(et);
+
+	nodotfiles = !nodotfiles;
+	warning(nil, "%s dot files\n", nodotfiles ? "omitting" : "showing");
 }
 
 void
blob - 43463e95f06d610c49fceed9e7d6b806fc44e990
blob + 7177127d3906c197f1dfa00cbd0ba325d9ffda36
--- src/cmd/acme/text.c
+++ src/cmd/acme/text.c
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ textload(Text *t, uint q0, char *file, int setqid)
 		dbuf = nil;
 		while((n=dirread(fd, &dbuf)) > 0){
 			for(i=0; i<n; i++){
+				if(nodotfiles && dbuf[i].name[0] == '.')
+					continue;
 				dl = emalloc(sizeof(Dirlist));
 				j = strlen(dbuf[i].name);
 				tmp = emalloc(j+1+1);