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Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x
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Tassilo Horn |
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Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:03:12 +0100 |
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Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
Hi!
>> Eg dired-filename-at-point is not massively different to ffap and
>> thing-at-pt,
`dired-filename-at-point' returns the expanded file name in a dired
buffer. (thing-at-point 'filename) returns only the last part. So the
former is clearly useful when writing code operating it dired buffers.
>> stuff like "hands-off-my-x-keys" seems clunky, dired-x's local
>> variables are now replaced by dir-locals, there's 50 lines and 3
>> commands dedicated just to deleting TeX and patch temp files, etc.
Yes, for those, I agree.
>> Plus it has its own manual, which is ~ 80% of the length of
>> dired.texi, which would have to be merged in somehow.
>
> I tend to agree. I would welcome adding the remaining useful
> functionality of dired-x into dired and then making dired-x obsolete.
>From dired-aux, I think the subdir stuff is really useful.
>From dired-x, I frequently use `dired-jump' and `dired-omit-mode'.
Bye,
Tassilo
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- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/16
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Deniz Dogan, 2011/03/17
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Glenn Morris, 2011/03/17
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/17
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Leo, 2011/03/18
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x,
Tassilo Horn <=
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Stefan Monnier, 2011/03/18
- Re: Making it easier to enable dired-x, Richard Stallman, 2011/03/18