bug#8015: 23.2; dired-do-rename-regexp doesn't reposition cursor

bug#8015: 23.2; dired-do-rename-regexp doesn't reposition cursor

[Ulrich Windl]

Hi,

when using "C-u 99 % R" in dired-mode to rename multiple files, Emacs interactively asks for each file to rename, but the cursor stays at the first match.

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and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':



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In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-05-08 on G41R2F1
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/xpm/include'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: DEU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-h i C-s d i r e C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-s C-s C-s <return> <return> <next> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <return> <next> <next> 
<next> C-x C-f <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <M-backspace> 
<M-backspace> <M-backspace> D o <tab> w <tab> E i <tab> 
<return> C-h m C-x o C-s r e n a m e C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-s - r C-s C-s <return> <return> <next> C-x 0 C-s 
E i g <return> <return> C-s a v i <return> <return> 
<down> <down> % R s c r e e n s h o t . * <return> 
s 1 _ \ 1 <return> q M-x M-p % R C-g % R M-p <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> \ ( C-e \ ) <return> s 1 _ \ 1 <return> 
y R s 1 <tab> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> 
<backspace> <return> <down> % R M-p <return> M-p <right> 
<right> <right> <backspace> <return> C-h SPC SPC <down> 
C-u 8 8 % R M-p <return> M-p <return> SPC SPC SPC SPC 
SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-h k % R M-x e m a c s - b u <tab> 
<tab> <tab> C-a r e p o r t - C-e <tab> <tab> <ret
urn>

Recent messages:
Rename `screenshot_44.png' to `s1_44.png'? [Type yn!q or C-h]  
Rename: 7 of 9
Rename `screenshot_52.png' to `s1_52.png'? [Type yn!q or C-h] 
Rename `screenshot_52.png' to `s1_52.png'? [Type yn!q or C-h]  
Rename: 8 of 9
Rename `screenshot_6.jpeg' to `s1_6.jpeg'? [Type yn!q or C-h] 
Rename `screenshot_6.jpeg' to `s1_6.jpeg'? [Type yn!q or C-h]  
Rename: 9 of 9
Rename: 9 files
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
(shadow sort mail-extr message ecomplete rfc822 mml mml-sec
password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231
rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc
time-date mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils wid-edit mailheader canlock sha1
hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug dired-aux help-fns help-mode view
dired regexp-opt multi-isearch info easymenu tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks
lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 disp-table ls-lisp w32-win w32-vars
tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar
rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock font-lock
syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang
vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek
romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese
case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button
minibuffer faces cus-face files text-properties overlay md5 base64
format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable
backquote make-network-process multi-tty emacs)

bug#8015: 23.2; dired-do-rename-regexp doesn't reposition cursor

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

"Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> writes:

> when using "C-u 99 % R" in dired-mode to rename multiple files, Emacs
> interactively asks for each file to rename, but the cursor stays at
> the first match.

Yes, I think it would be nice if Emacs showed where we were in the list
of files when doing this.  This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

It's perhaps a somewhat controversial change -- people used to point
staying where it was may protest, and in that case, I think we should
revert it.

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