From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: 63744@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63744: 28.2; fix dired-guess-default
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 21:27:53 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834jnvgfh2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1bki3hudv.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Leo Liu on Tue, 30 May 2023 02:20:28 +0800)
> From: Leo Liu <sdl.web@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 02:20:28 +0800
>
> On 2023-05-29 15:07 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Does this answer my question above? If so, I don't think I understand
> > the answer, please elaborate. I asked why not generate the whole
> > value, including the REGEXP part, dynamically.
>
> I thought you would have grasped the problem by now ;)
>
> "I asked why not generate the whole value, including the REGEXP part,
> dynamically."
>
> This is a static list.
>
> The problem we are trying to solve here is we don't know the list until
> we know the FILE. Even when given the FILE we may still have imperfect
> knowledge about which tools can handle it.
>
> For example, On my Mac an html file can be handled by 10 apps at the
> moment including all browsers and Emacs and more. It may change next
> minute when some apps are installed or uninstalled or file association
> changed.
I understand all that. But you are evidently still not understanding
what I'm asking. Never mind, I give up. Some kind of failure to
explain myself.
Bottom line: we can extend the feature the way you'd like, but it will
need be installed on master, and will have to wait for Emacs 30.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-29 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-27 4:10 bug#63744: 28.2; fix dired-guess-default Leo Liu
2023-05-27 6:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-28 2:40 ` Leo Liu
2023-05-28 6:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-29 1:23 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-29 3:49 ` Leo Liu
2023-05-29 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-30 0:04 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-29 12:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-29 18:20 ` Leo Liu
2023-05-29 18:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-05-30 0:24 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-05-30 2:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-02 0:14 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-06-02 4:28 ` Leo Liu
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