bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Visuwesh]

[வியாழன் டிசம்பர் 05, 2024] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:42:08 +0530
>> 
>> Attached patch makes it possible to revert the current Dired buffer by
>> clicking on the last segment of the directory line.  With the patch
>> applied,
>> 
>>   /home/viz/lib/ports/emacs:
>> 
>> clicking on 'emacs' now reverts the buffer that shows ~/lib/ports/emacs.
>> Previously, it did nothing.  This makes it possible to update the Dired
>> listing without needing to use the keyboard.
>
> Thanks, a few comments below.
>
>> +---
>> +*** Clicking on last segment of directory reverts buffer
>> +When 'dired-make-directory-clickable' is non-nil, clicking on the last
>> +segment of the directory name now reverts the Dired buffer.
>
> We don't call these "segments", we call them "components".  And since
> you are talking about the last one, you could also say "base name of
> the directory".

I've changed it to base name.

>> +        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
>> +          (add-text-properties
>> +           segment-start (1- (point))
>> +           `( mouse-face highlight
>                ^^
> We don't leave whitespace after the opening parenthesis.

I removed the whitespace.  But isn't that way to make lists such as

    ( 1
      2
      3)

aligned without manual intervention?  It is used in the list above too.

>> +              help-echo "mouse-1: revert this buffer"
>
> I think the help-echo should say something more similar to what we say
> for the other components of the directory shown in the header line.
> Something like "re-read this buffer's directory".

Now done.

>> +              keymap ,(define-keymap
>> +                        "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
>> +                        "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
>> +                        "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
>
> Should we perhaps call dired-revert directly?

revert-buffer-function is set to dired-revert by dired.  If someone has
changed it, for some reason, using revert-buffer would heed their
customisation.  So I've left it as revert-buffer.

0001-Revert-Dired-buffer-when-clicking-on-basename-of-dir.patch
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