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Re: Dired: Improve symmetry in mark/unmark commands bound to keys
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Dired: Improve symmetry in mark/unmark commands bound to keys |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:54:02 +0300 |
> From: Tino Calancha <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 18:21:51 +0900 (JST)
> cc: Tino Calancha <address@hidden>, address@hidden,
> address@hidden, Emacs developers <address@hidden>
>
> > FWIW, I'm okay with this.
> >
> >> I mean, we should not invert the number of C-u's in I) II)
> >
> > Indeed, no need.
> >
> > Thanks.
> Thank you Eli. I propose following patch:
Thanks, I have a couple of minor comments below.
> * doc/misc/dired-x.texi: Update documentation for 'dired-mark-extension'.
This part of the log entry should state in parentheses the node in
which the change is being made, as if the node were a function.
> is not automatically prepended to the string entered, you must type it
> -explicitly. If invoked with a prefix argument, this command asks for
> -a character to use as the marker.
> +explicitly.
> +If invoked with prefix argument @kbd{C-u}, this command unmark files instead.
> +Calling it with the @kbd{C-u C-u} prefix, asks for a character to use
^^^^^^^^^^
"If called" sounds better and more correct English-wise.
> +as the marker, and mark files with it.
^^^^
"marks"
> +Prefixed with two C-u’s, prompt for MARKER-CHAR and mark files with it."
^
Please use the ASCII apostrophe character ' here, not ’, so that the
user could control the result via text-quoting-style.
With the above gotchas fixed, this is okay for the master branch.