From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24518: 25.2.50; dired-mark-extension with prefix arg fails Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:01 +0200 Message-ID: <874m554ey2.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <837fa1cy6l.fsf@gnu.org> <8337kpcvdc.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474722983 6867 195.159.176.226 (24 Sep 2016 13:16:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:16:23 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Tino Calancha , 24518@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 24 15:16:19 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmoR-0000pP-R5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:16:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33328 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmoQ-00050S-A8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:16:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmoK-0004zA-18 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:16:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmoD-0006K5-Ta for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmoD-0006K1-RF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:16:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmoD-000802-Oe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:16:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:16:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24518 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 24518-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24518.147472290827188 (code B ref 24518); Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:16:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24518) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2016 13:15:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34015 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmnM-00074H-88 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:15:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:46160) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bnmnJ-0006zh-7V for 24518@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:15:06 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sh9gr0JQlz3hjdb; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sh9gq1NG5zvlVQ; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:03 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rIk6qWmE1aGJ; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:02 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: Oqf1LVITT4dIwS0y3BufQ5Kr15xOx5ZNaUENii4ZEy+RlgyxgglZ1jYjduDJjGCS Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-22-91.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.22.91]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EE6662C3065; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I don't know WHY I said that.. I think it came from the FILLINGS in my rear molars.. In-Reply-To: <8337kpcvdc.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:53:03 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123635 Archived-At: On Sep 24 2016, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> > This loses the feature whereby the user could also specify the >> > character to use as the marker. Try "C-u 65 * . el RET" to see what >> > that does. >> That feature has never being available since `dired-x' was added to Emacs >> in 1994: the bug came from the very first commit. No user will miss >> that feature because nobody ever could use it. > > ??? The example I gave works with the unmodified sources. When used > as I've shown, there's no bug, and the command does what I expect. So > how can we be sure no one ever used it that way and won't miss this > optional behavior? Does it actually make sense to have to specify the character by its code? That doesn't look like this was an intented feature (being undocumented). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."