GNU bug report logs - #13649
boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:28:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:01:39 -0500

> & runs the command dired-do-async-shell-command, which is an
> interactive autoloaded compiled Lisp function in `dired-aux.el'.

> It sometimes will ask
> A command is running in the default buffer.  Use a new buffer? (yes or no)

> Which is a boobytrapped question, as picking "no" will always end up
> in failure...

> So perhaps rewrite it so one knows there is only one good choice if one
> wants to proceed...

Maybe a better fix is to add a message afterwards, along the lines of
"Haha!  Gotcha!"


        Stefan
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