From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defalias chmod for set-file-modes ? Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:35:38 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87bpv2wp5h.fsf@jurta.org> References: <200812180930.mBI9UnjY012330@mothra.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230068620 5840 80.91.229.12 (23 Dec 2008 21:43:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 23 22:44:45 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 1LFF3R-0005jm-Rb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:44:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60298 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LFF2F-0003nq-3J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LFF1c-0003bD-0V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:42:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LFF1a-0003aO-HI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:42:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36362 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LFF1a-0003aJ-8Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:42:46 -0500 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]:52657) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LFF1Z-0002Gi-PM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:42:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LFF1U-000NCP-2x; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:42:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200812180930.mBI9UnjY012330@mothra.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:30:49 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: dd5701c86360acb8383b46d8fd27d5ab X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 6457 [Dec 23 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: common white list} X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: white ip list X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Trusted X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: trusted X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:107254 Archived-At: > Any objection to adding an alias `chmod' for set-file-modes? > It's a familiar name for that type of functionality... I see no reason not to add `chmod' as an alias. After introducing a new command `set-file-modes' last year, I can't remember its exact name, so I still change modes the old way (going to Dired and typing M) because this takes less time than trying to find the name of a new command. An alias `chmod' will allow me and other users to use this command. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/