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24.2.90; [REGRESSION] dired-get-marked-files changed

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13152: 24.2.90; [REGRESSION] dired-get-marked-files changed
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:26:15 +0100

> My concern is mainly from the user's point of view. This is a trap that
> is there to trick every user as soon as they start using lisp expression
> for COMMAND. And if we let dired-mark-pop-up run in the HIDDEN ' *marked
> files*' buffer without throwing an error, users might grow to rely on
> it. Harder to get it right later.

I don't understand.  `dired-mark-pop-up' displays that buffer, so why do
you mean it's hidden?  It is considered "ephemeral and generally
uninteresting to the user" so Emacs won't switch to it automatically.

martin

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