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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 5b6f8b5: Clarify the documentation of 'dired-recu
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Eli Zaretskii |
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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 5b6f8b5: Clarify the documentation of 'dired-recursive-deletes' |
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Sat, 9 Jun 2018 04:59:20 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-26
commit 5b6f8b54d1d1f941a64007317c029f6c9165bf87
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Clarify the documentation of 'dired-recursive-deletes'
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired Deletion): Clarify text regarding
recursive deletion of non-empty directories. (Bug#31529)
---
doc/emacs/dired.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index 82882ab..fba9d31 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -238,19 +238,21 @@ the buffer, and no files actually deleted.
@cindex recursive deletion
@vindex dired-recursive-deletes
You can delete empty directories just like other files, but normally
-Dired cannot delete directories that are nonempty. If the variable
address@hidden is address@hidden, then Dired can
-delete nonempty directories including all their contents. That can be
-somewhat risky. If the value of the variable is @code{always}, Dired
-will delete nonempty directories recursively, which is even more
-risky. Even if you have set @code{dired-recursive-deletes} to
address@hidden, you might want sometimes to delete recursively directories
-without being asked for confirmation for all of them. This is handy
-when you have marked many directories for deletion and you are very
-sure that all of them can safely be deleted. For every nonempty
-directory you are asked for confirmation; if you answer @code{all},
-then all the remaining directories will be deleted without more
-questions.
+Dired cannot delete directories that are nonempty. However, if the
+variable @code{dired-recursive-deletes} is address@hidden, then Dired
+is allowed to delete nonempty directories including all their
+contents. That can be somewhat risky. If the value of the variable
+is @code{always}, Dired will delete nonempty directories recursively,
+which is even more risky.
+
+Even if you have set @code{dired-recursive-deletes} to @code{nil}, you
+might want sometimes to delete directories recursively without being
+asked for confirmation for all of them. For example, you may want
+that when you have marked many directories for deletion and you are
+very sure that all of them can safely be deleted. For every nonempty
+directory you are asked for confirmation to delete, if you answer
address@hidden, then all the remaining directories will be deleted without
+any further questions.
@vindex address@hidden, and Dired}
If you change the variable @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} to
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