Re: & and M-& to run programs asynchronously

[Daniel Clemente]

>
> I see no better key than moving the current key `&' to the `%' prefix.
>
> This prefix is intended for regexp commands.  And `dired-flag-garbage-files'
> is a regexp command: it uses `dired-flag-files-regexp' to flag files
> that match `dired-garbage-files-regexp'.
>

  I see this as a very good idea. % & to flag garbage files in dired.

> We could even improve the command `dired-flag-garbage-files' to allow the
> user to modify its default regexp value in the minibuffer after typing `% &'.
>

  Maybe just if you prefix it with C-u ?