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Re: dired mode recursive delete
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David Kastrup |
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Re: dired mode recursive delete |
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:03:27 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.51 (gnu/linux) |
Kevin Rodgers <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>> Kevin Rodgers <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Richard Stallman wrote:
>>>> Setting it to t instead will not cause _any_ action without asking for
>>>> individual confirmation for every non-empty directory. It seems like
>>>> quite a safe setting (whereas the original setting is not helpful in
>>>> any situation I can think of).
>>>>
>>>> My personal setting is 'top which is certainly more convenient than t
>>>> but might be considered too drastic as a default setting by some.
>>>>
>>>> I think that `top' would be an ok default.
>>>> Let's change the default in the trunk.
>>> I'm uneasy about `top' vs. t as the default: when I'm prompted
>>> "Recursive delete of SUBDIR? ", I expect that if I answer "yes"
>>> that I'll be prompted for SUBDIR's subdirectories as well.
>>
>> That is not taking issue with the default but rather with the prompt.
>> What kind of prompt would make you expect the right thing?
>
> Recursive delete of SUBDIR (unconditionally)?
> Recursive delete of SUBDIR (without confirmation)?
How about like
Completely delete SUBDIR?
I think it would be clear enough that this would ask no further
(=recursive) questions and include subdirectories. It has the
advantage of being less verbose, leaving more space for the directory
name.
--
David Kastrup
Re: dired mode recursive delete, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/01
Re: dired mode recursive delete, Juri Linkov, 2007/06/03
Re: dired mode recursive delete, Kevin Rodgers, 2007/06/02
Re: dired mode recursive delete, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/03