RE: Why @#! is not Emacs using the Recycle bin on w32?

[Drew Adams]

> > For Emacs, we could do this: By default, `delete' deletes 
> > the file and `S-delete' sends it to the Recycle Bin,
> 
> That would be good.
> 
> > but with non-nil
> > `delete-by-moving-to-trash' these would be reversed: 
> > `delete' would send to the Recycle Bin and `S-delete' would
> > delete the file (a la Windows).
> 
> I wonder if reversing like that is a good idea. Negation is 
> sometimes a very confusing operation for our brains. If you
> have seen people struggling with logic expressions which they
> try to match what they want you have probably seen how confused
> they can be. (And I believe negation
> is even more confusing when we are stressed.)

We're talking about setting a preference, here. This is pretty much a one-time
operation: You either want `delete' to send to the recycle bin or you want it to
delete. Whichever you choose, `S-delete' does the other. Nothing complicated
about this. No one will need to struggle with any logic expressions. ;-)