Try this: do dired on a large directory of lots of similarly named files. Now mark one of the files with "m", and move it off the screen with a C-v. Now use ! (dired-do-shell-command) on the file under the cursor. Note how easy it is to think that the file under the cursor is the one to be acted upon!
Therefore some visual extra warning should appear when dired-do-shell-command will act on a marked file and not the one under the cursor. It is a reasonable idea in principle. Any suggestions for how to show the distinction? _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel