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> Quit (`q') and refresh (`g') - that's all.  Oh, and `h' too - but
> not `?'.

> Like `?', all of the `special-mode' keys besides `q', `g', and `h'
> are inappropriate - Dired uses them for other things.

> Sure, Dired could override those other bindings, but it makes no
> sense to derive from special mode just to get the mundane bindings
> for `q', `g', and `h' - providing just `quit-window', `revert-buffer',
> and `describe-mode' hardly makes for a "special" mode.

> And Dired has its own hooks.  I see no reason for Dired to
> respect/use `special-mode-hook'.

So you don't see any use.  That's not a very strong argument against it,
it's just a lack of argument in favor of it.


        Stefan