Re: Tumme menu in Dired, what to do about it?

[David Kastrup]

Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:

>  > >> Assuming tumme-tag-remove deletes tags, tumme-tag-delete sounds better.
>  > >
>  > > I trust your judgement on this one (my English skills are not good
>  > > enough).
>  > 
>  > I am opposed.  "tumme-tag-delete" sounds like it would delete tagged
>  > files, not like it would remove tags from files.  "delete" sounds more
>  > appropriate with more physical entities than just tags.  You can,
>  > after "deleting" a tag, put it right on afterwards again.
>
> If it deleted files, I guess it would be called tumme-file-delete.  After you
> remove a file with 'rm', do you feel you can get it back again?
>
> Delete is certainly not more appropriate with more physical
> entities.  When I move house, the removal men take my furniture, not
> the "deletion men".

That is because the physical entity remains and does not get
destroyed.  And tags don't get destroyed, you can put them right on
afterwards.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum