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(Feature request w/ patch) wdired should create directories needed for destination files

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Message #14 received at 6817 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Phil Sung <philbert <at> gmail.com>,
 6817 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6817: (Feature request w/ patch) wdired should create
 directories needed for destination files
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:51:00 -0800

>>>>> Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I've been running with this patch for years (though not extensively using
> it), and it has never failed me. I think this is a very useful addition, and
> would also like the "t"-default, though that is not essential..

I think that having wdired DRTR with regard to what the renamed version of a
file should "mean" (i.e., if it implies the existence of directories that
don't yet exist, and so create them), sounds useful to me.


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