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bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 00:38:21 +0200 |
Thanks for your comments Drew. I think the patch I sent separately
fixes your comments, but see also below.
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> 2. The main point of the request is to ask that the
> doc for `M' say something about the permissions, that
> it _not_ just point to a `man' page (which typically
> won't be available for MS Windows users anyway).
[...]
> It's good for the doc to _also_ mention the `chmod'
> command and its `man' page, but this bug report asks
> that the `M' doc itself provide at least a minimum of
> help about this - the possible user inputs and their
> effects.
Are you suggesting that we fully document how both symbolic and octal
modes work on Unix-like systems here? If so, I think it's outside the
scope of this doc string. Linking to separate documentation seems
more sensible, and the new patch I suggested does that.
See also:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/File-permissions.html
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired, Drew Adams, 2019/10/11
- bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired,
Stefan Kangas <=