From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21746: 24.5; purpose of dired-keep-marker-copy? Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:10:34 +0300 Message-ID: <83d1w4yexx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <36360.86247.586145.22058@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <69182d70-1f68-4105-9f24-7bbef43e7ecb@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1445667089 13051 80.91.229.3 (24 Oct 2015 06:11:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:11:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: winkler@gnu.org, 21746@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 24 08:11:18 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 1Zps2q-0003zu-2c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:11:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42803 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2p-0003uJ-BH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:11:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46342) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2k-0003u3-PY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:11:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2h-0003l8-JF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44625) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2h-0003l4-GT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2f-0003Wy-MH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:11:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:11:01 +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=B21746.144566705213558 (code B ref 21746); Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:11:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21746) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Oct 2015 06:10:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35333 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2V-0003Wb-Ja for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:47626) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zps2A-0003W2-OW for 21746@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:10:49 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NWP00H00NP1YC00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 21746@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:10:29 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NWP00HW9NTHV430@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:10:29 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <69182d70-1f68-4105-9f24-7bbef43e7ecb@default> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il 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:107957 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:30:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > > > 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. Patches to document this are welcome.