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Re: patch for Dired second header line info


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: Re: patch for Dired second header line info
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:56:14 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)

> It's true that we already do that kind of thing in some modes (e.g. `grep'),
> but I think it's bad practice in general and should not be expanded. And
> this file/space info is not as important as the info we put in the `grep'
> lighter. A temporary indication of something can sometimes be appropriate in
> a lighter area, but we shouldn't turn lighters into essays or status lines.
>
> Would you also add the space used/available to the Dired lighter? And would
> you list the used/available figures for every inserted subdir in the mode 
> line?

No, I would only add the number/size of marked files as a temporary indication.

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




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