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Re: PR: dired-do-create-files now checks for trailing slashes in the tar
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Stefan Kangas |
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Re: PR: dired-do-create-files now checks for trailing slashes in the target |
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Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:17:32 -0700 |
Rudi C <rudiwillalwaysloveyou@gmail.com> writes:
> With this patch, we can move directories into new directories if we
> explicitly end the new name with a trailing slash.
>
> So `/new_name` renames `/old_name` to `/new_name`, while `/new_name/`
> renames `/old_name` to `/new_name/old_name`.
Isn't that backwards-incompatible?
> Without this feature, one has to first create the new directory and then
> move the old directory into it, which is so unpleasant I currently just
> copy the path and use my shell's move functions.
IIRC, if you use e.g. `ido', you can create a directory from the prompt
with M-m. I'm not sure about the default completion, but there are
similar features in other completion frameworks. Isn't that a better
way to go about this?