GNU bug report logs - #24518
25.2.50; dired-mark-extension with prefix arg fails

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 25.2.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 24518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 24518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#24518: 25.2.50; dired-mark-extension with prefix arg fails
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:51:31 +0300

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>,  24518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:15:01 +0200
> 
> Does it actually make sense to have to specify the character by its
> code?

Like I said: it looks a kludge, but it definitely isn't an accident.
I suggested to replace 'P' with 'c' in the interactive spec, to make
it less kludgey.

> That doesn't look like this was an intented feature (being
> undocumented).

It's documented, see the doc string.
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