GNU bug report logs - #78658
30.1; [PATCH] Dired feature suggestion: dired-on-marked-files-in-all-buffers

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Reported by: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>

Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 03:20:06 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 30.1

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Message #56 received at 78658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>,
 "78658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <78658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#78658: 30.1; [PATCH] Dired feature suggestion:
 dired-on-marked-files-in-all-buffers
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:14:35 +0300
> You may be thinking of your use case (below), where you
> apparently want (1) a Dired buffer for each descendant
> directory, (2) a Dired buffer for the top-level dir,
> and (3) a Dired buffer for each subdir marked in each
> such buffer.

To avoid misunderstanding, here is the use case that I meant:

1. mark the file dired.el in the 'lisp' dir;
2. mark the file vc-dir.el in the 'lisp/vc' dir;
3. in the root dir invoke 'dired-on-marked-files'

and it shows the list of

  lisp/dired.el
  lisp/vc/vc-dir.el




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