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bug#16331: 24.3.50; `dired-internal-do-deletions': "Deleting..." message
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#16331: 24.3.50; `dired-internal-do-deletions': "Deleting..." message |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:47:23 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The message "Trashing..." (which is unclear, BTW) or "Deleting..."
> appears while the user is being asked whether to delete/trash.
>
> So the message is wrong: Emacs is not (yet) deleting files.
>
> A better message would be something like "Preparing to delete..."
>
> A message such as "Deleting..." can give the impression that the files
> are already being deleted. If you have 50 marked files, you don't want
> to see a message saying that they are being deleted before you have had
> a chance to cancel deletion.
As far as I can tell from reading the code, it's not saying
"Deleting..." before it's deleting the messages. (Or trashing them.)
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- bug#16331: 24.3.50; `dired-internal-do-deletions': "Deleting..." message,
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