bug#17911: 24.3.50; ido-delete-file-at-head deleting files with no prompt confirmation

bug#17911: 24.3.50; ido-delete-file-at-head deleting files with no prompt confirmation

[Guilherme Gondim]

In `ido-find-file' typing C-k (`ido-delete-file-at-head') when
`delete-by-moving-to-trash' is t, the file is "deleted" straightway by
moving to trash directory. Otherwise, if it is nil, the "delete
function" will ask if you really want delete the file.

Should not ido ask for confirmation in case of
`delete-by-moving-to-trash'? I found it quite dangerous once the user
could type C-k by mistake and might not notice his file was moved to
trash.

Thanks,
Guilherme


In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.2)
 of 2014-01-01 on gkar, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 2:20140101-1~bpo70+1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000
System Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 7.5 (wheezy)

Configured using:
 `configure --build x86_64-linux-gnu --host x86_64-linux-gnu
 --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
 --localstatedir=/var --infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-snapshot
 --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.3.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.3.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ --with-x=yes
 --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-imagemagick=yes 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN
 -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2' CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 'LDFLAGS=-g -Wl,--as-needed -znocombreloc''


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Guilherme Gondim
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bug#17911: 24.3.50; ido-delete-file-at-head deleting files with no prompt confirmation

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Guilherme Gondim <guilherme@semente.io> writes:

> In `ido-find-file' typing C-k (`ido-delete-file-at-head') when
> `delete-by-moving-to-trash' is t, the file is "deleted" straightway by
> moving to trash directory. Otherwise, if it is nil, the "delete
> function" will ask if you really want delete the file.
>
> Should not ido ask for confirmation in case of
> `delete-by-moving-to-trash'? I found it quite dangerous once the user
> could type C-k by mistake and might not notice his file was moved to
> trash.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately have not received
any responses yet.)

I think the ido design makes sense -- when there's undo available,
asking the user isn't necessary.

So I'm closing this bug report.

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