Re: wdired-change-to-wdired-mode needs a key binding in dired-mode

[Juri Linkov]

>> Since wdired doesn't work in modes that inherit from dired-mode,
>> it would be useful to leave the original binding to toggle-read-only
>> in them:
>
> Rather than "fix" each derived mode one by one, how 'bout doing
>
>   (define-key dired-mode-map "\C-x\C-q"
>     '(menu-item nil wdired-change-to-wdired-mode
>       :filter (lambda (x) (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode) x))))
>
> Or maybe more simply create a new function dired-toggle-read-only which
> either calls wdired-change-to-wdired-mode or toggle-read-only depending on
> whether wdired makes sense or not (by testing (eq major-mode 'dired-mode) or
> whatever else).

I prefer a new function.  That's what I already thought about after seeing
that Dan mentioned vc-dired.

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Juri Linkov
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