From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: michael@cadilhac.name (Michaël Cadilhac)
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: suggestion for set-file-modes
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:48:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873arso1bv.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lk5k30cz.fsf@cadilhac.name> ("Michaël Cadilhac"'s message of "Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:14:36 -0500")
>> natural to allow entering file permission in the same notation in
>> the minibuffer.
>
> I still don't think really so; the rational for Wdired to permit that
> is that the bits are *toggled*, not arbitrary set.
The standard convention when reading a value in the minibuffer is to put
the default value in the prompt and make it available for editing by M-n.
When the permission bits are retrieved in such notation from the default
value then editing them is just like toggling that is convenient.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-17 0:48 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <200801201812.m0KICxYl009632@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu>
[not found] ` <871w7jqiic.fsf@cadilhac.name>
[not found] ` <200802112200.m1BM0pke028675@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu>
2008-02-11 23:41 ` suggestion for set-file-modes Michaël Cadilhac
2008-02-16 19:19 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-16 23:07 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2008-02-16 23:27 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-17 0:14 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2008-02-17 0:48 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2008-02-17 1:08 ` Miles Bader
2008-02-17 1:31 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-17 2:04 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2008-02-17 2:21 ` Miles Bader
2008-02-17 21:54 ` Juri Linkov
2008-07-29 17:43 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-17 1:39 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2008-02-17 20:29 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-18 3:01 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2008-02-17 21:57 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-17 21:55 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-17 22:18 ` Miles Bader
2008-02-17 22:59 ` Juri Linkov
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