From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Dired enhancements for possible inclusion Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:21 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183696744 9390 80.91.229.12 (6 Jul 2007 04:39:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 04:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 06 06:39:03 2007 connect(): Connection refused 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 1I6fau-0001nz-UQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:39:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6fau-0002YQ-Ah for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:39:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6faK-00026b-0Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6faI-00025C-KQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6faI-00024x-Da for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I6faI-000760-29 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I6faH-0006LU-OQ; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:21 -0400 In-reply-to: X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:74372 Archived-At: * Provides more mouse utility - you can select a region, then operate on its files. Alternative ways to select (mark) multiple files: . drag a region, then choose Mark in the popup menu . click, then Shift-click, as in Windows Explorer . Control-click, as in Windows Explorer (alternately marks and unmarks the file) That sounds good. Would someone please install that feature? * Provides fancy highlighting (customizable through user variables). . You can see immediately if a file has the wrong permissions (e.g. writable or executable when it shouldn't be). That sounds useful, if it is reliable. * When a file is marked, the entire line is highlighted. * Files that are marked and files that are flagged for deletion have the mark/flag highlighted differently. Those features sound useful. * The entire line is highlighted on mouse-over, regardless of where on the line the mouse is. Click `mouse-2' anywhere on the line to open its file or directory. I don't understand that one.