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bug#35367: 26.2; `dired-copy-how-to-fn' and HOW-TO arg of `dired-create-
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#35367: 26.2; `dired-copy-how-to-fn' and HOW-TO arg of `dired-create-files' |
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Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:43:35 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu> writes:
> The bit about
>
> If it return value is a list, TARGET is a generalized
> directory (e.g. some sort of archive). The first element of
> this list must be a function with at least four arguments:
>
> looks like it might be useful when the target is, for example, a tar
> file. By default, copying a single file would replace the tar file.
> But this could be overridden (I think) to add or replace entries in the
> tar file.
I've now added something like this to the doc string in Emacs 29, and
that should hopefully clarify the use case slightly.
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