GNU bug report logs - #38818
Dired: mention deleting buffers, not just windows

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 38818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38818: Dired: mention deleting buffers, not just windows
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:11:15 +0800

>> (add-hook
>> 'dired-load-hook
>> (function
>> (lambda ()
>> (load "dired-x")
>> (define-key dired-mode-map "q" 'kill-current-buffer)
>> )))

>>>>> "MH" == Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

MH> Slightly better version:

MH> (add-hook
MH>  'dired-load-hook
MH>  (defun my-dired-load-hook-fun ()
MH>    (require 'dired-x)
MH>    (define-key dired-mode-map "q" #'kill-current-buffer)))

MH> -- a named function can't accidentally be added multiple times to a
MH> hook, lambda already self-quotes, and `require' doesn't unnecessarily
MH> reload a file.

OK!
(info "(emacs) Hooks") just mentions the old fashioned way.
Maybe someone should update it.
OK maybe it is intentionally still full of those lambdas, for small jobs.

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