From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Klotz, Leigh" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Wdired doesn't support flush-matching-lines; gets "Text is read only" Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:35:34 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87ljh1gs5d.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261089394 30174 80.91.229.12 (17 Dec 2009 22:36:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:36:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juri Linkov" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 17 23:36:27 2009 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 1NLOxP-0006Lp-3D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:36:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52775 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLOxP-0006U4-2a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:36:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLOwn-0005pI-Lf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLOwi-0005ie-U4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34754 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLOwi-0005iT-OH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from wvmler6.mail.xerox.com ([13.8.138.231]:57148) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLOwi-0006MA-8a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from wvmlir1.mail.xerox.com (wvmlir1.mail.xerox.com [13.147.8.221]) by wvmler6.mail.xerox.com (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBHMZfHB000593; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:35:41 -0800 Original-Received: from wvmlir1.mail.xerox.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by wvmlir1.mail.xerox.com (8.14.2/8.13.6) with ESMTP id nBHMZa33006254; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:35:36 -0800 Original-Received: from USA0300GW002.na.xerox.net (usa0300gw002.na.xerox.net [13.135.210.15]) by wvmlir1.mail.xerox.com (8.14.2/8.13.6) with ESMTP id nBHMZavt006249; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:35:36 -0800 X-XeroxINT-Source-Ip: 13.135.210.15 X-XeroxINT-Source-Name: usa0300gw002.na.xerox.net X-XeroxINT-Reported-Name: USA0300GW002.na.xerox.net Original-Received: from usa7061ms01.na.xerox.net ([13.151.232.15]) by USA0300GW002.na.xerox.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:36 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message In-Reply-To: <87ljh1gs5d.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Wdired doesn't support flush-matching-lines; gets "Text is read only" Thread-Index: Acp/aJZFzBQzrrkzTBK/EHWX58uiiAAAHIfA X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Dec 2009 22:35:36.0380 (UTC) FILETIME=[407E67C0:01CA7F69] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:118685 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov [mailto:juri@jurta.org]=20 > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: Wdired doesn't support flush-matching-lines; gets "Text = is read only" >=20 > > In Emacs 22 I was able to use toggle-read-only followed by=20 > > flush-matching-lines to filter viewed files. > Please note that it's dangerous to delete lines in Wdired-mode, = because it might interpret deleting lines as an order to delete files! I don't want that! > > Alternatively, is there another way to satisfy my use case of using = a=20 > > regular expression and individual hides to filter files from dired=20 > > view? > This is easy. You can mark files by a regexp and type `k' to delete = the lines of the marked files. See also (info "(emacs) Dired = Updating"). That's what I want. =20 Thank you, Leigh.