Re: [O] Moving and resetting attachments

[Florian Lindner]

Am 05.06.2017 um 01:25 schrieb Eric Abrahamsen:
> Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> What I meant was, first ask the user for a directory, then cycle through
>>> the files and ask whether to move each file to that directory. The user
>>> wouldn't specify the directory itself for each file. And with
>>> `map-y-or-n-p', the user can just hit "!" to take care of all files.
>>>
>>> Am I misunderstanding your concern? The only time the ID attachment
>>> directory scheme (which is indeed opaque) would come into play is when
>>> the command was called with a prefix argument -- ie, when removing a
>>> custom directory, and reverting to the automatic directory. In that
>>> case, the directory would be automatically derived, and the user would
>>> simply be presented with the choice to move each file there, or not.
>>
>> When asking for each file if it should be moved or not, you can end up
>> with files in both the old and the new directory. My concern is that,
>> when the old directory is a default ID directory, there is no simple way
>> to get the files back. So, I think we should automatically move files in
>> this case.
>>
>> I also agree with your special case described above.
> 
> Okay, makes sense. I hope we haven't totally scared off Florian...
> 
> Florian, are you interested in doing another version of the patch?

Haha, I couldn't follow everything in your discussion, but I'm happy to hear, 
that you two deem that a worthy feature to
integrate.

I will try to modify my code accordingly and count on your assistance!

Best,
Florian