Package: emacs
Version: 23.0.60
Severity: normal
Tags: patch


delete-by-moving-to-trash was recently introduced, but doesn't
really work as expected for typical gnu+linux desktop users, and I had
some procrastination to do, so...

Attached patch adds basic support for moving files to a fd.o-style
trashcan, as used in KDE/GNOME/XFCE/etc. and documented at:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec

Unlike "Microsoft Windows? -> use Windows Recycle Bin" or "MacOSX? ->
use MacOSX trash can", one maybe can't say "GNU/Linux/BSD? -> use
freedesktop-style Trash", so whether the freedesktop-style trashcan
should be preferred over the simple emacs fallback "trash-directory"
scheme is decided a bit roughly.

Maybe a move-file-to-trash-scheme should just be a user-visible
customisation.

... I hate trashcans anyway.