From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: suggestion for set-file-modes Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:57:51 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87ablzmejk.fsf@jurta.org> References: <200801201812.m0KICxYl009632@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <871w7jqiic.fsf@cadilhac.name> <200802112200.m1BM0pke028675@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87r6fjoybf.fsf@cadilhac.name> <87y79ku2tf.fsf@jurta.org> <87r6fc33g5.fsf@cadilhac.name> <87ir0oscs1.fsf@jurta.org> <87lk5k30cz.fsf@cadilhac.name> <873arso1bv.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4qw2wf9.fsf@cadilhac.name> <87ir0nhsrt.fsf@cadilhac.name> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203285766 12249 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 22:02:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:02:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: michael@cadilhac.name (=?utf-8?Q?Micha=C3=ABl?= Cadilhac) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 23:03:09 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQrbH-00006H-Rl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:03:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQran-0004vJ-Hq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:02:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQrZR-0003dD-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQrZP-0003bM-9O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQrZP-0003b0-1P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:11 -0500 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQrZL-0004pU-32; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JQrZE-000BOZ-0a; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:01:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87ir0nhsrt.fsf@cadilhac.name> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Micha=C3=ABl?= Cadilhac"'s message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:01:42 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: ba97961d419726f65b83e74233c16638 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 2248 [Feb 17 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 11 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:89398 Archived-At: >> What format the input should have is a separate question. > > My question was about the three different notations for file modes, and > why this one (-rwxrwx-wx) should be preferred as the one to express the > default value. I wasn't questioning the way values are entered in the > minibuffer at all. I was referring to what you call the format. We can add the existing permissions in all three notations to the list of minibuffer default values, so the user could relieve them by using M-n for editing, or type a new one without retrieving the default values. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/