From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 33336@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33336: 26; Document how to restore trashed files
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:00:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tvkoaejz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38efc245-0b99-483a-9f3a-01e89c822eca@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 10 Nov 2018 11:31:48 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 11:31:48 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> I tried to answer this question, knowing nothing about trashed files:
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/37492/105
I don't think your answer is correct, not on Windows anyway.
> I can understand that if files are trashed to the system recycle bin
> then perhaps Emacs cannot help users much in telling them how to restore
> trashed files (or can it?).
>
> But if `trash-directory' is non-nil then can't (and shouldn't) Emacs
> tell users how to restore files trashed there? Is there an Emacs
> operation that does this? If not, can a user just move a file from that
> directory to another (IOW, are trashed files normal files)? And is
> there some way for a user to know what the original location was for a
> trashed file?
>
> In sum, is there something that Emacs can offer users, in terms of
> helping them restore trashed files?
This is a system facility, Emacs just uses it. Restoring files from
there is something specific to each system, and is not for Emacs to
provide or document.
So I don't think we should do anything with this. Users should read
their OS documentation about this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-10 20:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-10 19:31 bug#33336: 26; Document how to restore trashed files Drew Adams
2018-11-10 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-11-10 21:26 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-11 3:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-11 15:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<83o9avab16.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-11-11 16:52 ` Drew Adams
2018-11-11 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<pzr2fs39qo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<83pnvc9thl.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-11-11 16:47 ` Drew Adams
2018-11-11 17:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-12 21:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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