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Subject: Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired
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    And yes, if you're looking for a generality here, sometimes pointing out why
    something is wrong and how to fix it is more help in the long run than just
    fixing it.

The question is whether anyone actually wants to rewrite this
rather than just teach others how ;-).