GNU bug report logs - #24897
24.5; doc for `M' in Dired

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 18:53:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.5

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:50:04 +0200

> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:28:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > and if that is so, explaining the
> > Unix-style permission bits won't help a bit.
> 
> True enough for r and x, but not for w.  It is reasonable for a user
> on Windows to use `M' to make files read-only or writable.

But there's no "write" bit on Windows, at least not on the level on
which the 'M' command in Dired works on Windows.  So you cannot really
explain the w bit, either.

You need a completely separate description for Windows users.
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