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bug#24484: 25.1; Wrong key for `dired-do-compress-to'
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#24484: 25.1; Wrong key for `dired-do-compress-to' |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:29:32 -0700 (PDT) |
> > Emacs 25.1 devotes `c' to the new command
> > `dired-do-compress-to', unfortunately.
> >
> > Letter keys for`dired-do-*' commands are generally uppercase.
> > There are few exceptions: `k', `l', and `x'.
> >
> > Please consider using `M-z' or `K' (uppercase k) instead for
> > `dired-do-compress-to'.
>
> The binding has now been in place for years, so I think it's too late
> to change now; closing.
That's not a good enough reason, IMO. Emacs 25 is
not very old, and it's unlikely that changing the
_default_ binding of this command would impact users
negatively.
Keys involving character `c' are used, in Dired, for
"copy", "comment", and "change" (marks). Keys for
compressing/uncompressing use char `z'.
And we use lowercase chars in Dired for other kinds
of things than `dired-do-*'.
In keeping with the use of char `z' for compressing
and uncompressing. Dired+ uses `M-z' for
`dired-do-compress-to'. I suggest that vanilla
Dired do likewise.