Subject: bug#42578: 28.0.50; [suggestion] allow dired-do-shell-command on directory line

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:49:31 +0200

Marco Wahl <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> I'm talking about those dired headlines here.
>>
>> Dired headlines are not file or directory lines.
>> They're not acted on by ! or (most) other commands.
>
> Okay. I guess this is the core question here. Allow a key on a dired
> headline to have an effect or not.

What would be different from applying "!" on the "." file name in the dired buffer?

> Best regards,

See you tonight, and best regards, Michael.