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24.5; doc for `M' in Dired

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Message #20 received at 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:43:23 +0200

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tags 24897 + patch
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Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> 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.
>
> I don't suggest that we "explain the w bit", for Windows users.
>
> My suggestion is to:
>
> 1. State that `chmod' does not apply, in general, to MS Windows.
>    (If you want to say why - no such bits etc., fine, but that's
>    not really needed, IMO.)
> 2. State that you can use `chmod' to make a file writable or
>    read-only.  And say how to do so.

How about the attached patch?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-lisp-dired-aux.el-dired-do-chmod-Doc-fix.-Bug-24897.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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