on 6/9/01 3:08 PM, Sjoerd Op 't Land at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> andu wrote/ schreef:
>
>>>> It'd be nice when MetaCard put the files in the trash when using the
>>>> 'delete' command, because then there still was a way to recover the
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a useful idea or am I the only one?
>> Even if you were, it's easy to come up with a function to do just that,
>> either create a backup file or move them somewhere. Having something
>> like that built in is overkill, I think.
> Sure, I thought about writing my own function for this already, but because
> the script would differ for each platform(), I think it's nice if this was
> built-in. Of course if I'd really need it, I'd write a function myself,
> but... you know a little step closer to perfection of MC.
Even if something is added to built-in functionality, please don't change
the meaning of delete. In the current situation we have the ability to
either delete a file or move it to the trash. If delete is changed, we only
have the ability to move it to the trash.
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