From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32? Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:18:35 +0000 Message-ID: <20080830101835.GB2698@muc.de> References: <48B7F905.7060605@gmail.com> <001301c909e8$d63092e0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <20080829155801.05fabc31.taylor@metasyntax.net> <48B85740.8060309@gmail.com> <20080829164637.4211a5b7.taylor@metasyntax.net> <48B86366.7040303@gmail.com> <87ljyfxz25.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> <48B87432.6050902@gmail.com> <87bpzaygrn.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220091305 15881 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2008 10:15:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:15:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , jasonr@gnu.org, Taylor Venable , 'David House' , 'Eli Zaretskii' , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Drew Adams To: Phil Jackson Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 30 12:15:58 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 1KZNUm-0006JJ-Fv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:15:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53534 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZNTn-0008ES-Ej for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZNTi-0008CY-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZNTh-0008Bi-29 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48620 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZNTg-0008BZ-TV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:44 -0400 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:4463 helo=mail.muc.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KZNTg-0007jV-Di for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:44 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 66141 invoked by uid 3782); 30 Aug 2008 10:14:42 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E23B3B.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.59.59]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:14:40 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 3386 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Aug 2008 10:18:35 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87bpzaygrn.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:103257 Archived-At: Hi, Phil, On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:49:16AM +0100, Phil Jackson wrote: > "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > >> One can make assumptions about a Windows system (like every user > >> using explorer.exe), but not really about a GNU/Linux system. > > Is not that then a shortcoming of GNU/Linux compared with Windows? > No with GNU/Linux you have choice. My system works exactly the way I > want it and not the way any corp. wants it to. That's kind of missing the point. It also verges on rubbing salt into the wound. You need, somehow, to become aware of this "choice" before doing irrevocable damage. I don't think Lennart would now be unhappy if something in Dired had made him aware of what he was about to do. > Philip Jackson -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).