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26.3; Request for 'x' for 'execute' in dired menu

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Message #13 received at 41524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: jan <rtm443x <at> googlemail.com>, 41524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41524: 26.3; Request for 'x' for 'execute' in dired menu
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:26:33 -0400

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tags 41524 + patch
thanks

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> I was using dired recently after a very long break from it.
>>
>> I marked some files for deletion, wasn't sure how to actually trigger
>> the delete, had a suspicion it was 'x' but checked the menu anyway (I
>> often use the menu merely as a handy cheat-sheet for the keyboard
>> commands). It appears not to be there.
>>
>> If it is actually missing I request it be added as it makes no sense
>> for
>> beginners, who may actually use the menu with the mouse, to be able to
>> variously mark stuff but then lack a way of carrying them out.
>
> Yes, `x' is not in a menu-bar menu.  It should be.
>
> If you use Dired+, it is.  There, you have submenu
> `Delete', with menu items `Delete Marked (not Flagged)'
> and `Delete Flagged'.  The former has key `D', and the
> latter has key `x'.
>
> (In Dired+, menu-bar menu `Operate' is named `Multiple',
> so submenu `Delete' is `Multiple > Delete', not `Operate
>> Delete'.)

How does the attached patch look?

(I had a look at Dired+ and lifted some help strings from there.
Thanks Drew.)

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Add-Delete-submenu-to-Dired-Mark-menu.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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