bug#18475: 24.4.50; Wdired: cannot use C-k to delete a dir name if -F switch used

[Stephen Berman]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:11:22 +0200 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
>
>>> I've tested these cases, but it is quite possible that I overlooked some
>>> variants or other cases, so I'd appreciate testing and feedback from
>>> others.  (Also, the code still needs more commenting and probably
>>> cleaning up.)
>>
>> I can confirm your patch fixes the issue in the OP, but I haven't tested
>> it extensively.
>
> The patch no longer applies to Emacs 28, so I've respun the patch
> (included below).

Thanks.

> I've given it some light testing, and it seems to fix the problem for
> me, but there's been other changes in this area in the meantime...
> Could people who use wdired a lot give this patch a spin and see whether
> it works for them?

In particular, there were changes to fix problems with using the -F
switch on macOS, right?  So it would be good for people who use that
system (I don't) to test the patch.

Steve Berman