GNU bug report logs - #21746
24.5; purpose of dired-keep-marker-copy?

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

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:45:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.5

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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Message #86 received at 21746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>,
 21746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21746: 24.5; purpose of dired-keep-marker-copy?
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 02:15:49 +0200

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

> On the contrary.  There are a great many future actions that you can
> perform on the files marked with `C' (by changing `C' to `*' or `D').

I totally agree that the marks are useful.  OTOH, I think they confuse
nearly everyone when first using dired.  The intention should be spoken
out in the docs if this isn't the case (didn't check), but I guess we
all agree about that anyway.

And AFAICT nil is not a valid value for `dired-keep-marker-copy', but a
space character should "work".


Michael.
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