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Re: suggestion for set-file-modes
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: suggestion for set-file-modes |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:59:21 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>> `-rw-rwxr-x' seems easier to type than `a+r,ug+w,go+x'
>
> You needn't type that, of course; I'd probably use "ug=rwx,o=rx".
> Familiar, easy to type, and to understand.
>
>> but we don't need decide what notation is preferable as we can
>> support all of them.
>
> Why complicate the code to support the "-rw-rwxr-x" format though? It's
> not used by any other software, and offers no obvious advantage in
> usability.
The only software I know that supports reading the "-rw-rwxr-x" format is
Wdired. Supporting it in set-file-modes is not very necessary, but the
problem came from the patch proposed by Michaël where the prompt is
displayed as:
File modes, octal or symbolic (current: -r-xrw---):
The string inside parentheses before the colon looks very like the default
value, so it invites the user to type a new value in the same format.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, (continued)
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/16
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Michaël Cadilhac, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Juri Linkov, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes, Miles Bader, 2008/02/17
- Re: suggestion for set-file-modes,
Juri Linkov <=