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


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: wdired-change-to-wdired-mode needs a key binding in dired-mode
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:44:42 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux)

> I think `C-x C-q' is a good key binding, but it has one problem.
> For users who have a habit typing `C-x C-q' repeatedly to switch
> between editable and read-only states, typing `C-x C-q' in wdired mode
> will put the dired buffer into the confusing state: the mode line still
> says "Editable Dired", but the buffer is read-only now.  Users who don't
> notice %%-characters in the mode line might have a hard time finding
> out what happened.

Yes, there needs to be a bit more work to make the C-x C-q binding
work correctly.  That's why I didn't add the binding when I originally
installed the wdired.el code.

Now that the binding is added, let's fix the problem.


        Stefan




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