bug#42578: 28.0.50; [suggestion] allow dired-do-shell-command on directory line

[Marco Wahl]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> I'm talking about those dired headlines here.
>
> Dired headlines are not file or directory lines.
> They're not acted on by ! or (most) other commands.

Okay. I guess this is the core question here. Allow a key on a dired
headline to have an effect or not.

Is it set in stone that keys may not have an effect when pressed on
dired headlines?

What's the cost when such functionality is added? Concretely to allow
"!" ?


Best regards,
-- 
Marco