From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: dired-do-touch Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:24:35 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <8765czqqyj.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <8765ctkmdo.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k7165zee.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <9681-Sat27Mar2004141724+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <87vfkq1lss.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87ekre6zft.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87oeqitbga.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87isgo4ub2.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <874qs7wjlk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080599393 19789 80.91.224.253 (29 Mar 2004 22:29:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Matthew Mundell , rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 30 00:29:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B85GJ-00053r-00 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:29:43 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B85GJ-0004ik-00 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:29:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B85EN-0007zl-FG for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:27:43 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B85Cf-0007FG-H1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:25:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B85Bu-00066J-Hk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:25:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1B85BN-0005Vk-VA; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:24:38 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D9D3A41B0; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:24:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Juri Linkov X-Yow: My TOYOTA is built like a ... BAGEL with CREAM CHEESE!! In-Reply-To: <874qs7wjlk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:15:19 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21071 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21071 Juri Linkov writes: > Actually, I never understood why dired needs separate commands for > external programs that can be easily run by `dired-do-shell-command', > like e.g. by typing `! chown owner RET' on marked files. Probably two reasons: convenience and automatic redisplay. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."