From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20195: 25.0.50; Let Dired commands such as `dired-do-search' (`A') use prefix arg Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 07:01:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <3126891c-8c4d-4d6f-aa97-7c2e5b4ed2d0@default> <87619oiw5f.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87h9t0oqj1.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <3f9ce496-3dc3-4ca8-adbb-0e47fa998aaa@default> <849043fc-73d9-45cc-ad33-30ccf7f7b077@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427983365 6301 80.91.229.3 (2 Apr 2015 14:02:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 14:02:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20195@debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov To: Filipp Gunbin Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 02 16:02:31 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YdfhJ-0001dN-GI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:02:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58527 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdfhJ-0004AN-05 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:02:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40387) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdfhC-0004AD-Hh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydfh4-0003Tb-PA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53630) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydfh4-0003TW-Mm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydfh4-0005oQ-3N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:02:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20195 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20195-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20195.142798328822302 (code B ref 20195); Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20195) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Apr 2015 14:01:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43406 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YdfgV-0005ne-RU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:01:28 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:29568) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YdfgT-0005nP-9L for 20195@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:01:25 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t32E1IjQ009400 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 2 Apr 2015 14:01:18 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t32E1HJn013063 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Thu, 2 Apr 2015 14:01:17 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t32E1H8u011813; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 14:01:17 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:101137 Archived-At: > > See above. There are *many* ways to do the same thing in Dired (and > > elsewhere in Emacs). In and of itself, eliminating such "duplication" > > is a silly goal (IMHO). >=20 > But it's rather convenient to keep in memory that: > 1) First mark files you want to process. To augment mark behaviour > (e.g. mark all files in a subdir) specify prefix arg to the mark > command or use a corresponding specific command. > 2) Perform search/replace. To augment search/replace behavior (like > toggle word searching) you have to specify prefix argument to the > search/replace command. Yes, there are multiple ways to do the same thing in Dired. Nothing in this enhancement will prevent you from always doing things the way you prefer.