GNU bug report logs - #22829
25.1.50; Display number of marked files

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Message #11 received at 22829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22829: Acknowledgement (25.1.50;
 Display number of marked files)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:08:15 +1030

Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com> writes:

> +    (define-key map "N" 'dired-number-marked-files)

[...]

> +(defun dired-number-marked-files()
> +  "Display number of marked files"
> +  (interactive)
> +  (let* ((files   (dired-get-marked-files nil nil nil t))
> +         (nmarked (length files)))
> +    (cond ((null (cdr files))
> +           (message "No marked files"))
> +          ((and (= nmarked 2) (eq (car files) t))
> +           (message "1 marked file") (1- nmarked))
> +          (t
> +           (message "%d marked files" nmarked) nmarked))))

And I'm not sure I'm feeling the utility of this function, either.
What's the use case?

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