RE: [PATCH] * lisp/ibuffer.el: Add ability to (un-)mark or delete buffers in the region.

[Drew Adams]

> Foudil, why does this patch rely on the use of the region to select a group
> of buffers, rather than the existing functionality of using 'm' to mark
> buffer(s) for subsequent action? This is a pattern used by many other modes,
> such as dired.
> 
> In my brief testing, dired does not allow aggregate actions based on regions
> either. Therefore, since ibuffer advertises itself as "a dired for buffers"
> --
> and likewise, proced for processes -- the method for dealing with aggregate
> targets should be kept consistent.
> 
> Thus, I'm inclined to reject this patch in favor of the existing "marking"
> methodology.

FWIW: My library dired+.el does let you use the region to act on
(mark, unmark, toggle marks, flag for deletion) a selection of
files (and dirs).

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DiredPlus#RegionMenu

If you also use my library mouse3.el then the region menu has many
more possibilities:

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DiredPlus#RegionMenuWithMouse3Library