GNU bug report logs - #63875
26.3; Doc of `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 16:09:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #37 received at 63875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: "63875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <63875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#63875: 26.3; Doc of `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 19:44:10 +0300

> Maybe say something similar to what oantolin says
> in this Reddit post:
>
>   "an alist that maps filename regexps to a list
>    of commands you might want to apply to the file."
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13yrk5k/is_there_a_package_for_a_opening_a_menu_of_file/jmprpp2/

The request was:

  "I was thinking of something similar to OS file managers, where you can
  right-click a file and have operations relevant to the extension pop up."

So does it makes sense to add to the context menu in Dired a submenu
like this?

  "Open with ..." ->
    "Command 1"
    "Command 2"
    ...
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