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emacs: document Dired tweaks for common operations

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@ -4819,18 +4819,35 @@ access to many other conveniences, such as (i) marking files to
operate on (individually, with a regexp, etc.), (ii) bulk renaming
files by making the buffer writable and editing it like a regular
file, (iii) showing only files you want, (iv) listing the contents of
any subdirectory, such as to benefit of the bulk-renaming capability,
(v) running a keyboard macro that edits file contents while using
Dired to navigate their list, (vi) open files in an external
application, and more.
any subdirectory, such as to benefit from the bulk-renaming
capability, (v) running a keyboard macro that edits file contents
while using Dired to navigate the file listing, (vi) open files in an
external application, and more.
Dired lets us operate on our files in a way that still feels close to
the command-line, yet has more powerful interactive features than
fully fledged, graphical file managers. The only area where it is not
as good is in previewing multimedia files, though I anyway rely on my
Denote file-naming convention to find what I am looking for (far more
reliable than a preview, plus it is easy to open the video in a media
player).
Dired lets us work with our files in a way that still feels close to
the command-line, yet has more powerful interactive features than even
fully fledged, graphical file managers.
*** The =prot-emacs-dired.el= settings for common operations
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h:39fb0eab-54bb-4e5b-8e38-9443dbe5c5ee
:END:
I start with the now-familiar ~prot-emacs-package~ macro to ~require~
the ~dired~ feature with a slight delay and then start tweaking it
([[#h:1457099d-fb05-4e38-9f8f-cfa4cc46b98e][The =init.el= macro to install and configure packages (~prot-emacs-package~)]]).
Then I add two settings which make all copy, rename/move, and delete
operations more intuitive. I always want to perform those actions in a
recursive manner, as this is the intent I have when I am targeting
directories.
The ~delete-by-moving-to-trash~ is a deviation from the behaviour of
the ~rm~ program, as it sends the file into the virtual trash folder.
Depending on the system, files in the trash are either removed
automatically after a few days, or we still have to permanently delete
them manually. I prefer this extra layer of safety. Plus, we have the
~trashed~ package to navigate the trash folder in a Dired-like way
([[#h:2e005bd1-d098-426d-91f9-2a31a6e55caa][The =prot-emacs-dired.el= section about =trashed.el=]]).
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle "prot-emacs-modules/prot-emacs-dired.el" :mkdirp yes
;;; Dired file manager and prot-dired.el extras