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Re: wdired.el 1.7 --- Rename files editing their names in dired buffers


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: wdired.el 1.7 --- Rename files editing their names in dired buffers
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 09:27:29 -0500

> Juan Leon Lahoz Garcia <address@hidden> writes:
> > Maybe a option could be to add certain property to the beginning of
> > each file with a filename in it.
> 
> Or just put a property with the old filename covering each filename.
> 
>   e.g., (put-text-property FN-START FN-END 'old-file-name OLD-FILE-NAME)
> 
> Since new insertions etc., will inherit this property (you'll have to
> fiddle to get the edges working correctly),

Are you sure ? self-insert-command will inherit fine, but I'm less
sure whether query-replace will properly inherit the property.


        Stefan




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