GNU bug report logs - #24484
25.1; Wrong key for `dired-do-compress-to'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:04:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 24484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24484: 25.1; Wrong key for `dired-do-compress-to'
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 16:40:08 +0200
Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Emacs 25.1 devotes `c' to the new command
> `dired-do-compress-to', unfortunately.
>
> Letter keys for`dired-do-*' commands are generally uppercase.
> There are few exceptions: `k', `l', and `x'.
>
> Please consider using `M-z' or `K' (uppercase k) instead for
> `dired-do-compress-to'.

The binding has now been in place for years, so I think it's too late to
change now; closing.

> (There is also a typo in the doc string of `dired-compress-files-alist':
> "the the".)

Looks like this was fixed by:

commit 8e40429c960a9dd42103be9c41db5a3af7f9ee25
Author: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Date:   Wed Nov 22 17:52:11 2017 -0500

    ; Fix some doc typos


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