From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35367: 26.2; `dired-copy-how-to-fn' and HOW-TO arg of `dired-create-files' Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:43:35 +0100 Message-ID: <877darj0fc.fsf@gnus.org> References: <12410.1562824271@alto> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="582"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 35367@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mike Kupfer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 22 15:44:57 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHdQ-000ATn-KT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:44:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39266 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHdP-00038j-GL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:44:55 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54532) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHcl-000389-46 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:44:16 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43207) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHcX-0008DZ-Ng for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:44:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHcX-0006QU-KJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:44:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:44:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35367 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35367-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35367.164286262724672 (code B ref 35367); Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:44:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35367) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Jan 2022 14:43:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36109 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHcJ-0006Ps-IB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:43:47 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:46740) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHcI-0006Pc-81 for 35367@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:43:46 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=L0tfjCFDFm7cr15K/hg2zMgNP8ES1ZRJZ/jmMoeRYe8=; b=iLQ/xkyKK1lNMKjB5dpEZT4BUw fzx49ZoRgydWPPAQosvLVtYabG1ZpALPe6kjhLufcUwZT1wx07HIkpKdf6GoTr0Q2d2UCMLmc4RHk wblbtFD6oPtbwjlbfPypw6hiFwIWmh47jxjbHbLHBxAANLxU6K4VqMkNQ4gPhrHedwog=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=giant) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nBHc8-00069B-7g; Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:43:38 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Niki Mono's _Contradictions are a Luxury_: "Every Man & Woman Is A Star" In-Reply-To: <12410.1562824271@alto> (Mike Kupfer's message of "Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:51:11 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:224832 Archived-At: Mike Kupfer writes: > The bit about > > If it return value is a list, TARGET is a generalized > directory (e.g. some sort of archive). The first element of > this list must be a function with at least four arguments: > > looks like it might be useful when the target is, for example, a tar > file. By default, copying a single file would replace the tar file. > But this could be overridden (I think) to add or replace entries in the > tar file. I've now added something like this to the doc string in Emacs 29, and that should hopefully clarify the use case slightly. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no