From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Jackson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32? Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:57:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87wsi02imw.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> References: <48B7288E.3040503@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220008116 28791 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2008 11:08:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:08:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 29 13:09:29 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 1KZ1qv-00069t-W8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:09:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36478 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ1px-0004Pw-Eb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:08:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ1fo-0002fT-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ1fm-0002c5-6Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44039 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ1fl-0002bi-Ps for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:45 -0400 Original-Received: from a.painless.aaisp.net.uk ([81.187.30.51]:55648) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KZ1fl-0005et-CE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 241.28.187.81.in-addr.arpa ([81.187.28.241] helo=home-desktop) by a.painless.aaisp.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KZ1fe-0006Qc-JK; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:57:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: <48B7288E.3040503@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:37:02 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:103161 "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > I just deleted a file because I misunderstood dired. I needed that file > (of course). > > And then I found that dired did not make any backup and did not use > windows Recycle bin. [...] As a side note, version control is so cheap and easy these days that having your entire home directory under vc is often feasible. I /think/ git even works on Windows now. $ cd && git init && git add . Cheers, Phil -- Philip Jackson http://www.shellarchive.co.uk