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boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question

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Message #77 received at 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 13649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:49:33 +0200

jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

> 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...

I've now added help (on `C-h') on these prompts, which should hopefully
help people figure this out better.  Because I don't think there's any
way to explain it on one single prompt line.

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