From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug in copy-directory Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:55:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ipxaidea.fsf@gmail.com> <87k4hp96g0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878vy59ejz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lj25ar3v.fsf@gmail.com> <87hbcsc2zv.fsf@gmail.com> <4D432315.9010102@swipnet.se> <4D4346CF.6020202@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296255387 9899 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2011 22:56:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:56:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Thierry Volpiatto , Michael Albinus , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Jan_Dj=C3=A4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 28 23:56:22 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PixEs-0003yL-3E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:56:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35190 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PixEr-0003pY-Jk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:56:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33235 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PixEn-0003pT-BN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:56:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PixEm-0001rT-1O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:39096) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PixEl-0001rP-OU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:56:15 -0500 Original-Received: by eyh6 with SMTP id 6so1814663eyh.0 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:56:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HniUNx8YI1l6tvOVbuxiiWqePPyXUCU63blj5KkAA0Q=; b=aRaLgAZMSXddluKkZZe+eB4Z7hpX4ZgmMCXZyhcfwsg9PKY1edOgiaTTo4tedVbcSW CXhn4vRDJ3OknaLw0SXyxmveW8Y6OmiXove5UTIOvGNYNVMmZGwwXCaYYUk5AK21PRBB sOw9k5q5yD0xynSw/Acx8EaOGXneaqzFsMydo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nf7+xdEu+hmxw5tAZwCxWgLB63ki++s3Cx2wvk2s2dPFsbHjGPdlkuYMKfD9Hag4iA 3yXWa86G5LqKYUdTL4XyRRjVSHaYBdJUr280oqsYGUE0ik/Bxp4DGKrp1I4CLWo3ntJS 0wDRkQJmUmoAQJ71t3QLjokqNEn9kXzKlu94Q= Original-Received: by 10.213.3.3 with SMTP id 3mr4896291ebl.54.1296255374605; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:56:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.36.11 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:55:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D4346CF.6020202@swipnet.se> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.215.169 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:135189 Archived-At: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Jan Dj=C3=A4rv wrote= : > > > Lennart Borgman skrev 2011-01-28 21.48: >> >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Jan Dj=C3=A4rv =C2= =A0wrote: >>> >>> That said, it would be a huge surprise to many if copy-directory didn't >>> behave as cp. >> >> Probably. But it is also a hug surprise to many that it does not >> behave as most "GUI shell". >> >> I think the latter group is growing. The first group might not be growin= g. > > Perhaps, but users of GUI shells tend to use them for copying files, not > Emacs. Yes, maybe. I tend to use GUI shells for copying directory trees for nearly exactly the problems we have been discussing here. (Lack of threading is another problem.)