GNU bug report logs - #41097
28.0.50; (dired-toggle-marks) not working after copy

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 15:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, tomasn <at> posteo.net, 41097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, arthur.miller <at> live.com, bugs <at> gnu.support
Subject: bug#41097: 28.0.50; (dired-toggle-marks) not working after copy
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:46:56 -0700 (PDT)

> > > Thanks, I installed this on the release branch.
> > > OK to close the bug now?
> >
> > That "fix" is a real step backward, not forward.
> 
> I disagree.

Please reconsider.

Can you point to any other occurrence of referring
to some mark other than `D' as a "flag" - anywhere
in the Dired doc or code?  All marks, including
`D', are marks.  Only `D' is called "flag".
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 86 days ago.

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