From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:13:01 -0800 Message-ID: <001601c87ed3$676a5440$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <003801c87e54$1961eda0$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com><000101c87e6f$b7d77700$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204730173 16834 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 15:16:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:16:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 16:16:31 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JWvLY-00070R-LU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:15:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWvL1-00023I-41 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:15:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWvKG-0001Wz-Al for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:14:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWvKE-0001Vi-Fy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:14:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWvKE-0001VU-7S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:14:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWvKD-00075s-6c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:14:34 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m25FER3x005001; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:14:27 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m24N6r44001520; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:14:27 -0700 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3599572971204729976; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:12:56 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.74.81) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:12:56 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Ach+qpIOJrmkEGVaR3qQbJSaksLEfgAJksMw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:17662 Archived-At: > > This is unclear: "the line for a file that is a directory, > > which you have inserted in the Dired buffer as a subdirectory". > > I thought that was trying to refer to a subdir header line. > > Where does it say "subdir header line"? Where does it say you just don't get it? If something can be misunderstood, it will be. That's the burden of all technical communication. The text in question is unnecessarily complex and unclear. It reads like an automatic translation from some other language. Try starting with simple sentences - that alone will help clear up ambiguous references. I'm trying to help; you are being defensive. Did you write the text in question, or what? Try reading it all again, with the fresh viewpoint of a reader who is unfamiliar with the behavior. Or stay closed and (un)sure of yourself - your choice.