From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: "Marwan L." <techmetx11@disroot.org>
Cc: 55470@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55470: [PATCH] Add package-delete-regexp
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 23:17:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1yytoqh.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YoLdajcK6fsLZvV2@mlgnu.home> (Marwan L.'s message of "Tue, 17 May 2022 00:25:30 +0100")
"Marwan L." <techmetx11@disroot.org> writes:
> This function allows you to delete packages, with names that match the
> regexp. This is makes operations like deleting multiple packages that
> begin with the same namespace (^company.*, ^treemacs.*, etc.) much
> easier to do
What is the advantage of a separate function for deleting packages
compared to marking packages in the *Packages* buffer using "/ n" (that
also accepts a regular expression)?
> The function will also tell you how much packages it will delete (in a
> temporary buffer) and prompt for a Yes or No answer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-18 23:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-16 23:25 bug#55470: [PATCH] Add package-delete-regexp Marwan L. via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-05-17 17:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-11 13:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-08-09 15:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-18 23:17 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2022-05-19 12:04 ` Marwan L. via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-05-19 14:26 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-05-19 18:15 ` Marwan L. via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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