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27.1; wdired bug and suggestion

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Message #8 received at 46438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46438: 27.1; wdired bug and suggestion
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:48:15 +0200

Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The bug:
>
> After (setq wdired-keep-marker-rename ?w), if I rename a file to an
> already existing fle name and then answer no to overwriting it, the
> other file is marked with w, while it should not.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.

> The suggestion:
>
> For some reason, once I finish editing in wdired mode, I istinctively
> press RET to finish, only to discover that it does nothing.  I would
> bind RET to wdired-exit or wdired-finish-edit

I think many people may be hitting RET by mistake in that buffer, not
wanting to end the editing session, so I think that would make things
more confusing.

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