Re: dired mode recursive delete

[David Kastrup]

Stephen Leake <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> How about like
>>
>> Completely delete SUBDIR?
>>
>> I think it would be clear enough that this would ask no further
>> (=recursive) questions and include subdirectories.  It has the
>> advantage of being less verbose, leaving more space for the directory
>> name.
>
> One approach to this that other systems use is to provide response
> buttons that are "yes" and "yes to all".
>
> In Emacs, that would typically be "y" and "!".
>
> Then the question could just be 
>
> Delete SUBDIR (y, n, !)?

Not really.  "yes to all" does not mean "yes to all recursive
directories", but rather "yes to all future questions in this
command".

In particular, it will delete marked _siblings_ of the SUBDIR without
further questions.

-- 
David Kastrup