From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Dired: Improve symmetry in mark/unmark commands bound to keys Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:37 +0200 Message-ID: <877f9z37tu.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <877fa12iyq.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <83h995ay04.fsf@gnu.org> <87y42h13pi.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <83fuopax4g.fsf@gnu.org> <87twd512pk.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <831t07bxlj.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474844359 29104 195.159.176.226 (25 Sep 2016 22:59:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:59:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: tino.calancha@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 26 00:59:15 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1boINq-0004a2-Vw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40698 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1boINo-0004zn-Ha for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:58:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34645) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1boINi-0004z5-Ec for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:58:47 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1boINh-0001YS-HI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:58:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:52783) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1boINc-0001V8-Ir; Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:58:40 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sj2Zl3gHnz3hsMs; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sj2Zl3ND9zvkZy; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:39 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BiZegLgVwBOY; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: umMx5WEClDL6TC359+7PtZPQKTN7vmmldP0aRM0Ss5ZoKiPrll3OBSChlBwkqVY3 Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-1-11.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.1.11]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8A93E2C3B5C; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:58:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Hey, I LIKE that POINT!! In-Reply-To: <831t07bxlj.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:14:48 +0300") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207804 Archived-At: On Sep 25 2016, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Before commit 736b582 the doc string didn't mention that EXTENSION > could be a list, either. Like the optional argument, the fact that it > could be a list was only mentioned in the comment, which was later > moved into the doc string. So by that logic the list feature also > makes no sense, which is of course absurd. You got it backwards: it is impossible to interactively input a list of extensions, that's why it wasn't documented. For the same reason the optional marker char wasn't documented for interactive use. > IOW, this argument proves nothing. IOW, it still proves everything. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."