From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32?
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:11:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d4jqq33q.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48B85518.3000208@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:59:20 +0200")
"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> Johannes Weiner wrote:
>> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I just deleted a file because I misunderstood dired. I needed that file
>>> (of course).
>>
>> Do you see the paradoxon?
>
> I don't know. What is it? Sounds like some fairytale animal.
Sorry, translation error. Remove the -on ending by either deleting it
or moving it into the trash-can.
>> Would it be feasible to extend the documentation on this? I suspect
>> that you don't use dired without ever looking at the documentation at
>> all, so a note in the docstring (and info file) that explains that
>> `delete' means `delete' would be enough to prevent this
>> misunderstanding?
>
> Thanks, I am sorry, but I really do not think so. This is not a logical
> misunderstanding. It is an expectation on the behaviour of the UI.
Why do you expect it from the UI in the first place? Even on Windows
there are probably more interfaces to delete a file that don't have a
notion of a trash can than interfaces that have.
But whatever the fix is, please don't have me extend my
~/emacs/garbage-collect.el to sanitize the dired behaviour again.
What I mean to say is: if your expectation of the the interface differs
from what has been there for a long time, do not punish long-standing
users with new annoying warnings, silent/noisy behaviour change,
creation of stuff like ~/Trash or another flag which they have to set
instead of the people requesting different behaviour.
> However mentioning there how to turn on the Recycle Bin support (or
> whatever it will be called) would be a good thing.
Agreed.
Hannes
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Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-28 22:37 Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32? Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-28 23:41 ` Michael Ekstrand
2008-08-29 0:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-28 23:42 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-28 23:48 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-28 23:54 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29 0:06 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 5:39 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29 6:51 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 7:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 7:58 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 8:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 8:17 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 9:43 ` David House
2008-08-29 10:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 13:26 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 15:06 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 15:11 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-08-29 16:28 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 15:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-29 16:32 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 16:43 ` David House
2008-08-29 22:12 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-30 0:29 ` David House
2008-08-30 0:33 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 1:58 ` David House
2008-08-31 2:32 ` Sean Sieger
2008-08-31 2:34 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 3:28 ` Sean Sieger
2008-08-29 19:58 ` Taylor Venable
2008-08-29 20:08 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 20:46 ` Taylor Venable
2008-08-29 21:00 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 21:59 ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-29 22:12 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 23:43 ` Miles Bader
2008-08-30 9:49 ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-30 10:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-30 10:43 ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-30 20:41 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 14:03 ` Taylor Venable
2008-08-30 14:11 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 22:32 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-08-30 22:40 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 3:35 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-08-31 3:49 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 23:04 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 3:37 ` Manoj Srivastava
2008-08-31 6:55 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 6:59 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-08-31 9:31 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 13:51 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-08-31 15:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 16:38 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-08-31 17:43 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 20:25 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 10:46 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-29 20:12 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 23:43 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-30 0:21 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 2:16 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-30 5:10 ` tomas
2008-08-30 21:26 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-31 4:53 ` tomas
2008-08-31 12:25 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 16:51 ` tomas
2008-08-31 20:22 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-01 4:33 ` tomas
2008-08-29 10:41 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29 11:35 ` martin rudalics
2008-08-29 12:16 ` David House
2008-08-29 13:22 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 13:45 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 14:00 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-29 16:16 ` Francis Litterio
2008-08-29 9:19 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-08-29 8:16 ` David House
2008-08-29 8:18 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 8:31 ` David House
2008-08-29 8:39 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 10:01 ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-08-29 13:28 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 18:37 ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-08-31 12:31 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-31 19:26 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-08-31 21:49 ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-08-29 10:57 ` Phil Jackson
2008-08-29 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-29 18:37 ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-29 19:59 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 9:11 ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2008-08-30 12:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 13:26 ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-30 13:58 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 15:06 ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-30 17:23 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-30 20:40 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 22:37 ` Thomas Lord
2008-08-30 3:11 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-08-30 9:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-30 10:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-30 15:03 ` Jason Rumney
2008-08-30 20:22 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-30 9:36 ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-31 1:30 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-08-31 6:22 ` Johannes Weiner
2008-08-29 20:24 ` Gilaras Drakeson
2008-08-29 20:56 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 21:05 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 21:11 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 21:13 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 21:20 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 21:54 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 22:20 ` Drew Adams
2008-08-29 22:25 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-29 22:17 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-08-30 3:14 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
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