From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Dired: how to mark with other character but * Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:34:15 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87k0rtha1r.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17331"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) To: Help GNU Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 08:39:14 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l67KE-0004QS-CP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:39:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46936 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l67KD-0003IV-Er for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38308) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l67J8-0003IL-Qs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:38:06 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:47011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l67J7-0002Qx-5z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:38:06 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.12]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E08B.0000000060165E5A.000006E6; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:38:01 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Help GNU Emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87k0rtha1r.fsf@mbork.pl> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127477 Archived-At: * Marcin Borkowski [2021-01-31 09:53]: > From the manual: > > ‘* c OLD-MARKCHAR NEW-MARKCHAR’ > Replace all marks that use the character OLD-MARKCHAR with marks > that use the character NEW-MARKCHAR (‘dired-change-marks’). This > command is the primary way to create or use marks other than ‘*’ or > ‘D’. The arguments are single characters—do not use to > terminate them. > > (and yes, it is not easy to find unless you know what you're looking > for). I found that, but it just replaces marks. It does not mark. This one I use after marking. You know when you mark with `m' then if I wish to invoke action like viewing a video then it is invoked on all marked items. So I cannot view the unmarked video which is what I need. Workflow is to mark videos for later, but also be able to view new videos. If I use * to mark then viewing videos is applied on files marked with * so I cannot view the unmarked video which is intended. The video is marked after review. That is why I have to mark the file with some other character that is not considered as file marked for action by Dired. It sounds more complicated than it is and I maybe do not express it perfect. But that workflow of selecting files after review appears to me very common.