Re: dired and ls

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:

> That's true. With "ls" the opportunity for async behaviour is greater. I
> don't think dired currently is async, but it could be...

See dired-async.el for some attempts.  For example, you can mark multiple
large files for copy, and when you execute the copy it colors them all yellow
(for "in progress"), and removes the coloring as each one is completed.  It
still need a decent interface for canceling operations in progress, though.

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