GNU bug report logs - #43028
28.0.50; Add dired commands to navigate symbolic links

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 43028 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, uyennhi.qm <at> gmail.com, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#43028: 28.0.50; Add dired commands to navigate symbolic links
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:14:46 +0200

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

> Dired uses `M-{' and `M-}' to move among marked files.
>
> Personally, I'd say leave navigation-to-symlinks commands
> unbound to keys.  If such navigation becomes popular,
> users will bind the commands to keys, and if users ask
> for Emacs to bind them by default we can then ask which
> keys to use, etc.
I agree.
Thanks all.  I am closing this issue as it turned out to be
too specific for my use cases.
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