GNU bug report logs - #10598
24.0.92; run dired-do-async-shell-command on multiple files individually

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 11815

Found in versions 24.0.92, 24.1

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #27 received at 10598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10598: 24.0.92;
	run dired-do-async-shell-command on multiple files individually
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:30:10 +0300

>> +(defvar dired-async-each t
>
> Should this possibly be defcustom? I'd consider this a user option.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to customize it on a permanent basis
because the desirable behavior depends on the type of executed command:
non-interactive programs are better to run sequentially,
but programs with GUI are better to run in parallel.

Ideally this preference should be expressed by syntax
on the command line like using special symbols `*' and `?',
but at the moment I have no idea for such a syntax.

At least with a variable the users can do something like

(define-key dired-mode-map ";"
  (lambda ()
    (interactive)
    (let ((dired-async-each nil))
      (call-interactively 'dired-do-async-shell-command))))
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