From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24518: 25.2.50; dired-mark-extension with prefix arg fails Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:35 +0200 Message-ID: <87oa3d2qho.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <837fa1cy6l.fsf@gnu.org> <8337kpcvdc.fsf@gnu.org> <874m554ey2.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <83y42hbe3g.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474735761 6680 195.159.176.226 (24 Sep 2016 16:49:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:49:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: tino.calancha@gmail.com, 24518@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 24 18:49:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq8Z-0000xK-B5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:49:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34751 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq8X-0000VF-LS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:49:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55800) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq8P-0000Tu-SZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:49:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq8M-0001qi-OB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:49:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56717) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq8M-0001qd-Kl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq8M-0005Lw-9L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24518 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 24518-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24518.147473572020546 (code B ref 24518); Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24518) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2016 16:48:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34674 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq80-0005LK-14 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:48:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:37998) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnq7y-0005LC-3O for 24518@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:48:38 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3shGQF0SgHz3hjSw; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3shGQD6MYFzvkb8; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:36 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2Ex115roPhX7; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:35 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: vYGQ9kXpvkQh6WRO52aZAsKukIfXiBTQKccjXeAonR4Z4KQlAjonK0yXgR/IRGZT Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-22-91.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.22.91]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 45C852C263B; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:35 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: A shapely CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRL is FIDGETING inside my costume.. In-Reply-To: <83y42hbe3g.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:51:31 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123643 Archived-At: On Sep 24 2016, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Andreas Schwab >> Cc: Tino Calancha , 24518@debbugs.gnu.org >> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:01 +0200 >> >> Does it actually make sense to have to specify the character by its >> code? > > Like I said: it looks a kludge, but it definitely isn't an accident. What makes you that confident? It look certainly like a misunderstanding. > I suggested to replace 'P' with 'c' in the interactive spec, to make > it less kludgey. "c" would make it non-optional, definitely not intented. >> That doesn't look like this was an intented feature (being >> undocumented). > > It's documented, see the doc string. It isn't. There is no occurence of "prefix" in the doc string. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."