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30.0.50; [PATCH] More doc on image-dired-dired-*

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: 61624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61624: 30.0.50; [PATCH] More doc on image-dired-dired-*
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 15:36:44 +0200

> From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
> Cc: 61624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:16:34 +0100
> 
> Here is a new version that adresses most of your comments.

LGTM, thanks.

> >>    You can delete images through Image-Dired also.  Type @kbd{d}
> >>  (@code{image-dired-flag-thumb-original-file}) to flag the image file
> >> -for deletion in the Dired buffer.  You can also delete the thumbnail
> >> +for deletion in the Dired buffer.  You can also remove the thumbnail
> >>  image from the thumbnail buffer with @kbd{C-d}
> >>  (@code{image-dired-delete-char}).
> >
> > Not sure I understand the reason for this.  "Deletion" goes together
> > with "delete", so why use "remove" instead?
> 
> You're right that it goes with "delete" from the command name but I
> thought that "remove" is better because no file is deleted from this
> operation.  Only the thumbnail is removed from the thumbnails buffer.

Then I suggest to reword:

  Alternatively, you can remove an image's thumbnail from the
  thumbnail buffer without flagging the image for deletion, by typing
  @kbd{C-d}.

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