From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gilaras Drakeson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32? Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:26 -0400 Message-ID: <87y72f603p.fsf@comm.utoronto.ca> 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 1220041500 23953 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2008 20:25:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:25:00 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 29 22:25:54 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 1KZAXN-0002eJ-3S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:25:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35138 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZAWO-0002bw-J3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZAWK-0002bE-DS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZAWJ-0002as-7b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57303 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZAWJ-0002ap-4A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:41969 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KZAWI-0000KP-QH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KZAWG-0004N0-60 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:32 +0000 Original-Received: from bas3-toronto02-1279426211.dsl.bell.ca ([76.66.126.163]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:32 +0000 Original-Received: from gilaras by bas3-toronto02-1279426211.dsl.bell.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:32 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: bas3-toronto02-1279426211.dsl.bell.ca User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:q6PxUlwx4gnjnrbHsTqgF+wGbFk= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:103205 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman 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. Can we have another dired keybinding for move-file-to-trash? (e.g., `b', with companion `% b'. This can be called dired-do-bury). IMO, both delete and move-file-to-trash are useful. Personally, I use move-file-to-$HOME/tmp (instead of trash), which is a swamp of probably unused-for-a-while files. Most downloaded stuff initially get there, too, as well as quick random hacks and tests. When I get a chance to do `file management', I browse the swamp and pick useful items and put them somewhere meaningful. Gilaras