From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 12:39:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <0a992327-fdb6-4c5a-8d97-63bb697fa56f@default> References: <<>> <<<83shr3gkn1.fsf@gnu.org>>> <<106ca6bc-ecf5-439f-853b-63331a41d4b8@default>> <<83oa1rgjdf.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478551240 6159 195.159.176.226 (7 Nov 2016 20:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 20:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24897@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii , Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 07 21:40:35 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qiB-0006qR-KE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:40:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56480 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qiE-0006FG-K7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:40:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44815) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qi6-0006D1-Eg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:40:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qi2-0006mq-FB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33334) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qi2-0006mb-C5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:40:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qi2-0006TA-3M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:40:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24897 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24897-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24897.147855116224811 (code B ref 24897); Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24897) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Nov 2016 20:39:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48733 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qhO-0006S6-Ba for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:39:22 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:35519) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3qhN-0006Ru-6S for 24897@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:39:21 -0500 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id uA7KdDiZ022386 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 20:39:14 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uA7KdD1k018010 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 20:39:13 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0001.oracle.com (abhmp0001.oracle.com [141.146.116.7]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uA7KdCxb001229; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 20:39:13 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83oa1rgjdf.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125446 Archived-At: > But there's no "write" bit on Windows, at least not on the level on > which the 'M' command in Dired works on Windows. So you cannot > really explain the w bit, either. >=20 > You need a completely separate description for Windows users. I don't suggest that we "explain the w bit", for Windows users. My suggestion is to: 1. State that `chmod' does not apply, in general, to MS Windows. (If you want to say why - no such bits etc., fine, but that's not really needed, IMO.) 2. State that you can use `chmod' to make a file writable or read-only. And say how to do so.