Re: [External] : Re: [PATCH] Add file-ring to dired-aux.el

[Juri Linkov]

>> Maybe displaying the current directory is helpful for such
>> rare cases when it will be used from buffers other than Dired.
>> But it's more important to show the source directory name, e.g.
>>
>>   "From directory: ..."
>
> I tend to agree, although as you see in my current implementation
> there's no strong assumption that all files come from the same
> directory.  You could grab just any list of file names, and go copy them
> to some directory.  But I think you're right that in the common case of
> copying from one directory (and perhaps some of its subdirectories),
> showing the source directory name would be a nice addition.

Probably the best way would be to find and show a common prefix
from all absolute names.  Then file names relative to this prefix
in the list of files will be shortest in the common case of
copying from one directory.