From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21746: 24.5; purpose of dired-keep-marker-copy? Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:30:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <69182d70-1f68-4105-9f24-7bbef43e7ecb@default> References: <36360.86247.586145.22058@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1445632334 10285 80.91.229.3 (23 Oct 2015 20:32:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:32:14 +0000 (UTC) To: Roland Winkler , 21746@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 23 22:31:53 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpj03-000583-D0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 22:31:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41483 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpj02-0006Wd-Pk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:31:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpizi-00066Z-48 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:31:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZpizO-00040U-Ug for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:31:22 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44489) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZpizO-00040Q-Pf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZpizO-0006hi-Ao for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:31:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21746 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21746-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21746.144563224825737 (code B ref 21746); Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21746) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Oct 2015 20:30:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35189 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpiz9-0006gy-K9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:30:48 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:48639) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpiyw-0006gR-RJ for 21746@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t9NKUWY0032614 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:30:33 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t9NKUWCi032243 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:30:32 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0004.oracle.com (abhmp0004.oracle.com [141.146.116.10]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t9NKUVCC017199; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:30:32 GMT In-Reply-To: <36360.86247.586145.22058@gargle.gargle.HOWL> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:107945 Archived-At: > I have never figured out a > reason why copying a file in dired gives the copied file a marker > `C'. The reason (IMO) is that the marker indicates what the operation was, so you can easily identify - *and then operate on* the files that were copied (or whatever the operation was). What might be missing for you is this bit of info: `* c' lets you change the char that is used for a given mark. So you can, for example, change all `C' marks at a given moment to, say, `*' marks, and then use any action on the marked files (which acts on `*'-marked files). Or change it to `D' and then delete the flagged files. Because mark `C' is used, there is no confusion with files that might be marked with `*' or any other mark. You can have any number of different marks at any time, giving them any conceptual meaning you like. Change any of them to `*' to convert their files and dirs to a set that you then act on in some way. Dunno how much of this is documented in the manual, but once you look at `C-h m' and then its mention of `* c', you can pretty much imagine how it can be put to good use.