Re: suggestion for set-file-modes

[Juri Linkov]

>> What format the input should have is a separate question.
>
> My question was about the three different notations for file modes, and
> why this one (-rwxrwx-wx) should be preferred as the one to express the
> default value.  I wasn't questioning the way values are entered in the
> minibuffer at all.  I was referring to what you call the format.

We can add the existing permissions in all three notations to the list
of minibuffer default values, so the user could relieve them by using M-n
for editing, or type a new one without retrieving the default values.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/