bug#11795: 24.1.50; wdired: C-c C-c loses marks and positions of renamed files

[Michael Heerdegen]

martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:

> >> The call to `dired-mark-remembered' should be wrapped in a
> >> `save-excursion', else it may move point to another position.
>
> Can someone explain why `dired-mark-remembered' cannot do:
>
> (defun dired-mark-remembered (alist)
>   "Mark all files remembered in ALIST.
> Each element of ALIST looks like (FILE . MARKERCHAR)."
>   (let (elt fil chr)
>     (save-excursion
>       (while alist
>       (setq elt (car alist)
>             alist (cdr alist)
>             fil (car elt)
>             chr (cdr elt))
>       (when (dired-goto-file fil)
>         (beginning-of-line)
>         (delete-char 1)
>         (insert chr))))))
>
> martin

I guess nobody can explain it because your version simply is better and
more correct.

So, it would be cool if the patch could be applied.


Thanks,

Michael.