From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: dired-no-confirm docstring. Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:39:25 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200601200439.k0K4dPV27427@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137732170 2235 80.91.229.2 (20 Jan 2006 04:42:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 20 05:42:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezo6p-0000ak-By for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:42:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezo9I-00087R-AR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:45:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezo97-00085m-Tl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:45:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezo94-000843-SQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:45:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezo93-00083q-Vq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:45:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EzoDD-0000gK-9D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:49:23 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0K4gThQ026766 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:42:31 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id k0K4dPV27427; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:39:25 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:42:31 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49301 Archived-At: I believe that the exact effect of customizing dired-no-confirm may not be completely clear from its docstring. I propose the following clarification. I can install if desired. ===File ~/dired.el-diff===================================== *** dired.el 19 Jan 2006 13:05:34 -0600 1.331 --- dired.el 19 Jan 2006 22:36:00 -0600 *************** *** 2519,2524 **** --- 2519,2527 ---- (defcustom dired-no-confirm nil "A list of symbols for commands Dired should not confirm. + This matters if the command would operate on more than one file. + In that case, Dired shows a list of all files on which the command will + operate and asks for confirmation, unless the command is in this list. Command symbols are `byte-compile', `chgrp', `chmod', `chown', `compress', `copy', `delete', `hardlink', `load', `move', `print', `shell', `symlink', `touch' and `uncompress'." ============================================================