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From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, jasonr@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32?
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:58:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B7AC10.6090800@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u63pk1cmm.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:06:39 +0200
>> From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>>
>>> However, someone submitted a patch some time ago to move files to the
>>> desktop's trash which works on Windows and with the common convention
>>> used by Gnome, KDE and Mac OSX. To use it you need to set
>>> `delete-by-moving-to-trash'.
>> Thanks. Wouldn't it be good to have this as a default.
> 
> No, please don't!  Only Windows Explorer moves files to the Recycle
> Bin by default, all the other programs I use, including the shell, do
> not.  I don't want to relearn my habits just because Lennart doesn't
> want to customize his .emacs.

Who said I do not want to customize my .emacs?

A little bit more seriously, what is your argument? What harm does it
make to turn on this by default?

My impression is the opposite, that most well written w32 programs use
the Recycle Bin.




  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-29  7:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-28 22:37 Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32? Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-28 23:41 ` Michael Ekstrand
2008-08-29  0:16   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-28 23:42 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-28 23:48   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-28 23:54 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29  0:06   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29  5:39     ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29  6:51       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29  7:52     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29  7:58       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail) [this message]
2008-08-29  8:06         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29  8:17           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29  9:24             ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29  9:43               ` David House
2008-08-29 10:16                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 13:26                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 14:36                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 15:06                     ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 15:11                       ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-08-29 16:28                         ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 15:39                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-29 16:32                         ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 16:43                           ` David House
2008-08-29 22:12                             ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-30  0:29                               ` David House
2008-08-30  0:33                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30  1:58                                   ` David House
2008-08-31  2:32                         ` Sean Sieger
2008-08-31  2:34                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31  3:28                             ` Sean Sieger
2008-08-29 19:58                       ` Taylor Venable
2008-08-29 20:08                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 20:46                           ` Taylor Venable
2008-08-29 21:00                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 21:59                               ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-29 22:12                                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 23:43                                   ` Miles Bader
2008-08-30  9:49                                   ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-30 10:18                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-30 10:43                                       ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-30 20:41                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 14:03                                   ` Taylor Venable
2008-08-30 14:11                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 22:32                                       ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-08-30 22:40                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31  3:35                                           ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-08-31  3:49                                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 23:04                                         ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31  3:37                                           ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-08-31  6:55                                             ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31  6:59                                               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-08-31  9:31                                                 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 13:51                                                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-08-31 15:04                                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 16:38                                                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-08-31 17:43                                                         ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 20:25                                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 10:46                                               ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-29 20:12                         ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 23:43                         ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-30  0:21                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30  2:16                             ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-30  5:10                               ` tomas
2008-08-30 21:26                                 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31  4:53                                   ` tomas
2008-08-31 12:25                                     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 16:51                                       ` tomas
2008-08-31 20:22                                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-01  4:33                                           ` tomas
2008-08-29 10:41                 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29 11:35                   ` martin rudalics
2008-08-29 12:16                   ` David House
2008-08-29 13:22                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 13:45               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 14:00                 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29 16:16             ` Francis Litterio
2008-08-29  9:19   ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-29  8:16 ` David House
2008-08-29  8:18   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29  8:31     ` David House
2008-08-29  8:39       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 10:01 ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-08-29 13:28   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 18:37     ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-08-31 12:31       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 19:26         ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-08-31 21:49         ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-08-29 10:57 ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-29 14:35   ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 18:37 ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-29 19:59   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30  9:11     ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-30 12:42       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 13:26         ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-30 13:58           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 15:06             ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-30 17:23               ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-30 20:40               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 22:37   ` Thomas Lord
2008-08-30  3:11     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-08-30  9:40       ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-30 10:11         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-30 15:03         ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-30 20:22           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30  9:36     ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-31  1:30       ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-08-31  6:22         ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-29 20:24 ` Gilaras Drakeson
2008-08-29 20:56   ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 21:05     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 21:11       ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 21:13         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 21:20           ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 21:54             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 22:20               ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 22:25                 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 22:17   ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-30  3:14     ` Stephen J. Turnbull

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