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Re: suggestion for set-file-modes
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: suggestion for set-file-modes |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:54:30 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>>> Soooo, why not convert it to an appropriate "input form" for putting in
>>> the prompt/default ?
>>>
>>> E.g., -rwxrwxrw- => "ug=rwx,o=rw"
>
> As I said to Dan before, I think symbolic notation is about applying a
> mask to the existing file's modes, not editing them. Of course, after
> `u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rw' I can (more or less comfortably) add my mask `,a-w',
> but still, I don't see any case when I'd want to *edit* modes.
You don't need to add a mask `,a-w' after `u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rw',
because unless you want to retrieve the default value `u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rw'
for editing, you can start typing `a-w' in the empty minibuffer.
Typing M-n in the minibuffer to retrieve the default value is intended
only for users who what to edit the existing permissions based on
the absolute forms using "=".
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Miles Bader, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Miles Bader, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Miles Bader, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17