[bongo-devel] Re: Dired-like binding of `!'

[Daniel Jensen]

Daniel Brockman <address@hidden> writes:

>> I wrote a command for that a long time ago but I never
>> used it, I just open a Dired buffer.
>
> Was there any particular reason why you never used it?

The first reason was that I never completed the command. This was
before marks, so I could only make it work in the region anyway.

The second reason was that I just didn't find the need. I forgot about
it and used Dired instead. Besides, Dired is pretty good for doing
stuff on files.

> By the way, consider the difference between `!' and `M-& !',
> given some active marking.
>
> If `M-&' were to kill the marking first, then those commands
> would behave differently, but both would be useful.

I don't get this. Why would you use `M-& !'?