On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:12:45 -0500, Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why does wdired allow self-insertion? > > Is there a good reason for it? > > If not, it would seem to be a bug. > > The whole purpose of wdired is to allow you to edit your directory (file > names, permissions, ...) directly with self-insert-command, so it's not at > all a bug.
BTW, I noticed that wdired seems to be a bit unintuitive: (1) The function name "wdired-change-to-wdired-mode" is bizarre; why not just `wdired-mode'???? Is there another way one is supposed to enter it? (2) One must hit `C-c C-c' for changes to take effect; this seems a bit heavy-weight -- why not just RET (which seems to be what other systems use)? (3) Similarly, in analogy to other systems, it might be nice if there was some obvious visual indication that wdired was active and filenames "open for editting" -- e.g., if the filenames looked like a customize-style "input field" (one might even use the same abstract face for both, e.g. define an `input-field' face, and have customize inherit from it). Thoughts? -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
