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25.3; Confusing message for dired-do-shell-command substitution

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From: Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 29465 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#29465: 25.3; Confusing message for dired-do-shell-command substitution
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 00:22:17 -0800

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On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Thank you for the new patches Allen!
> I don't have strong opinions on this thread; probably because
> I am already in Christmass mode or something...  Anyway, I think
> you guys are discussing pretty well the thing!
>
> I have just two comments in the second patch:
>> +;;;###autoload
>> +(defcustom dired-confirm-shell-command t
>> +  "Whether to prompt for confirmation for Dired shell commands.
>> +If t, prompt"
>> +  :type '(choice (const :tag "No restrictions" nil)
>> +              (const :tag "When point is on a file name initially, search file names" dwim)
>> +              (const :tag "Always search in file names" t))
>> +  :group 'dired
>> +  :version "26.0")
>                ^^^^
>
> * Version must be 26.1
> * The :type looks unrelated with the option.
> Maybe better something like this:
>
> :type '(choice (const :tag "Ask confirmation" t)
>                  (const :tag "Never ask confirmation" nil))
>> +
>> -               (string-match regexp res))))
>> +             (when
>> +                 dired-confirm-shell-command
>> +               (let ((res cmd)
> You might put the option in the same line as `when', i.e.:
> (when dired-confirm-shell-command

Thanks, attached new second patch.

[0002-Add-option-for-controlling-dired-do-shell-command-pr.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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