From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: dired-do-copy messages vs. slow devices Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:48:46 +0800 Message-ID: <87slz6upqp.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119745656 19954 80.91.229.2 (26 Jun 2005 00:27:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:27:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 26 02:27:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DmKzU-0007kE-RP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:27:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DmL6p-0005mc-GH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:34:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DmL4e-0003oM-Jd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:32:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DmL4d-0003nZ-ML for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:32:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DmL3N-0002Wz-Kd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1DmKff-0003xb-52 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:06:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [218.187.64.30] (port=33082 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.51 #0) id 1DmKbd-000CFg-SO by authid with plain for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:32:40 +0530 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:12339 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:12339 Let's discuss what happens when one uses dired-do-copy and answers "y" to e.g., Overwrite `/var/tmp/smaller2.cpio'? [Type yn!q or C-h] Well, in the case of slow devices and big files, that message will stay there for a long time while the copy is taking place. Therefore perhaps add some dots or something showing at least that emacs got our answer and is acting on it and is not still asking us.