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24.3.50; `dired-internal-do-deletions': "Deleting..." message

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 16331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16331: 24.3.50; `dired-internal-do-deletions': "Deleting..." message
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:47:23 -0800

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The message "Trashing..." (which is unclear, BTW) or "Deleting..."
> appears while the user is being asked whether to delete/trash.
>
> So the message is wrong: Emacs is not (yet) deleting files.
>
> A better message would be something like "Preparing to delete..."
>
> A message such as "Deleting..." can give the impression that the files
> are already being deleted.  If you have 50 marked files, you don't want
> to see a message saying that they are being deleted before you have had
> a chance to cancel deletion.

As far as I can tell from reading the code, it's not saying
"Deleting..." before it's deleting the messages.  (Or trashing them.)

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