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RE: Delete marked files from dired
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Delete marked files from dired |
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Fri, 2 Jun 2017 08:40:36 -0700 (PDT) |
> Does somebody remember the story of different marks?
>
> I mean, Dired has D for flagging for deletion, * for marking for most
> other operations, and a command to change one mark to another. Ibuffer
> has D for killing and > for other operations.
>
> Most other file managers have just one kind of mark and
> it works the same way for copying, moving, and deleting.
>
> I wonder how and why that feature evolved?
It is a very useful feature. You can easily have any
number of different marks, representing _different sets_
of files, and then act on any given set in various ways.
Dired keys that act on marked files typically act on the
files marked `*'. (Those marked `D' are usually called
"flagged", not just "marked", and only one key, `D', acts
directly on them.)
Changing files marked with `*' to another mark keeps
them marked (keeps that set defined) but removes them
from being acted on (by commands that act on `*'-marked
files, which is the typical case).
Changing another mark back to `*' lets you then act
on its files. If there are already some other files
marked `*' when you do that then you have effectively
joined those two sets (union).
You get the idea. It's really pretty simple and quite
visible - you can see the various labeled sets.
It's a bit like using tags in Bookmark+, but only one
mark at a time applies to a given file.
Re: Delete marked files from dired, Emanuel Berg, 2017/06/01
Re: Delete marked files from dired, Marcin Borkowski, 2017/06/02
Re: Delete marked files from dired, Marco Wahl, 2017/06/02