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bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod'
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod' |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:39:47 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> In the _very_ long thread cited by Juri, there was only one comment on this
> proposal for a default value for `dired-do-chmod' etc. It was from RMS:
>
> "I am not sure that this is very useful. What are the values
> you think of providing?"
>
> There was no followup, and this was never approved.
There was followup, but off-list unfortunately. I replied to RMS with:
"The values are file attributes of all marked files (modes for M,
owners for O, groups or G, timestamps for T). But now I see that
these values are not very useful, so I withdraw my proposal."
And RMS encouraged to do this for just one marked file:
"When there is just one marked file, the feature could indeed be useful.
So I suggest you limit it to that case, and document clearly where the
default comes from, so that people will know how they can make use
of the feature."
> In reality, it is an argument for having a separate command to copy the
> settings
> (all of them) from the current line and then having, as default value for each
> of the `*ch*' commands, the value taken from that copied setting. And this
> would apply across Dired buffers, giving you an easy way to apply a particular
> set of values (settings). It could perhaps also apply to other Dired
> commands,
> such as `touch' (dunno).
Isn't what `M-.' you proposed earlier should do, i.e. pull the value
from the buffer where the command was called?
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/09/10
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Drew Adams, 2011/09/11
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Chong Yidong, 2011/09/11
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Juri Linkov, 2011/09/12
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Chong Yidong, 2011/09/12
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Juri Linkov, 2011/09/14
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Chong Yidong, 2011/09/14
- bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod', Juri Linkov, 2011/09/14
bug#9361: 24.0.50; default value of `dired-do-chmod',
Juri Linkov <=