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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>,
	Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
	35385@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35385: 27.0.50; Make dired-dwim-target aware of other frames
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:41:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h837jvyb.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ftir94l8.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:30:11 +0100")

> I think we should add that the non-nil value can be a function, and that
> in this case that function will be called with zero arguments and is
> expected to return a list of directories which will be used as defaults
> (i.e. default target and "future history") (though,
> `dired-dwim-target-defaults' might modify it a bit).
>
> The sentence "You can customize it to prefer either the next window with
> a Dired buffer, or the most recently used window with a Dired buffer."
> could get appended "or something else".

Do you think this is good enough?

diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index 8fab508dea..d1863510d4 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -659,7 +659,10 @@ Operating on Files
 some window, that other buffer's directory is suggested instead.
 You can customize @code{dired-dwim-target} to prefer either the next
 window with a Dired buffer, or the most recently used window with
-a Dired buffer.
+a Dired buffer, or to use any other function.  When the value is
+a function, it will be called with no arguments and is expected to
+return a list of directories which will be used as defaults
+(i.e. default target and ``future history'').
 
   Here are the file-manipulating Dired commands that operate on files.
 
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 009018fafe..15286cc9b0 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@ dired-dwim-target
 current directory.
 
 You can customize it to prefer either the next window with a Dired buffer,
-or the most recently used window with a Dired buffer.
+or the most recently used window with a Dired buffer, or to use any other
+function.  When the value is a function, it will be called with no
+arguments and is expected to return a list of directories which will
+be used as defaults (i.e. default target and \"future history\")
+(though, `dired-dwim-target-defaults' might modify it a bit).
 
 The target is used in the prompt for file copy, rename etc."
   :type '(choice





  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-13 21:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-22 21:47 bug#35385: 27.0.50; Make dired-dwim-target aware of other frames Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-04-22 22:11 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-04-29 20:28   ` Juri Linkov
2019-06-23 17:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-16 21:11   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-16 21:39     ` Juri Linkov
2019-09-18 21:48       ` Juri Linkov
2019-09-19  8:18         ` martin rudalics
2019-09-19 20:43           ` Juri Linkov
2019-10-26 23:20             ` Juri Linkov
2019-11-04 19:01               ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-11-05 22:18                 ` Juri Linkov
2019-11-08 19:13                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-11-10 20:38                     ` Juri Linkov
2019-11-12 21:21                       ` Juri Linkov
2019-11-13 15:30                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-11-13 21:41                           ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2019-11-14 15:08                             ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-11-14 23:10                               ` Juri Linkov
2019-11-15 12:16                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-11-16 22:06                                   ` Juri Linkov
2019-11-16 22:42                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-08-10 11:36                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-14 10:13                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-14 23:07                         ` Juri Linkov
2019-09-19  1:51     ` Basil L. Contovounesios

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