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authorStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2009-09-18 15:35:23 +0000
committerStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2009-09-18 15:35:23 +0000
commit35a3f9a4b41845d3b99b3c3d1a3e5033403b09cb (patch)
tree52a654c84a719e2b2a3cc8255144c3e5aff33a4f /lisp/dired-aux.el
parent8aad0aea8b09d800d5c8805a7766f280d7622991 (diff)
downloademacs-35a3f9a4b41845d3b99b3c3d1a3e5033403b09cb.tar.gz
(dired-query-alist): Remove spurious backslash.
(dired-query): Use read-key.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/dired-aux.el')
-rw-r--r--lisp/dired-aux.el19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 4a7e5956751..0fcefe971b8 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ Otherwise, the rule is a compression rule, and compression is done with gzip.")
failures)))))
(defvar dired-query-alist
- '((?\y . y) (?\040 . y) ; `y' or SPC means accept once
+ '((?y . y) (?\040 . y) ; `y' or SPC means accept once
(?n . n) (?\177 . n) ; `n' or DEL skips once
(?! . yes) ; `!' accepts rest
(?q . no) (?\e . no) ; `q' or ESC skips rest
@@ -876,10 +876,10 @@ Otherwise, the rule is a compression rule, and compression is done with gzip.")
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-query (qs-var qs-prompt &rest qs-args)
- ;; Query user and return nil or t.
- ;; Store answer in symbol VAR (which must initially be bound to nil).
- ;; Format PROMPT with ARGS.
- ;; Binding variable help-form will help the user who types the help key.
+ "Query user and return nil or t.
+Store answer in symbol VAR (which must initially be bound to nil).
+Format PROMPT with ARGS.
+Binding variable `help-form' will help the user who types the help key."
(let* ((char (symbol-value qs-var))
(action (cdr (assoc char dired-query-alist))))
(cond ((eq 'yes action)
@@ -897,13 +897,12 @@ Otherwise, the rule is a compression rule, and compression is done with gzip.")
;; Actually it looks nicer without cursor-in-echo-area - you can
;; look at the dired buffer instead of at the prompt to decide.
(apply 'message qprompt qs-args)
- (setq char (set qs-var (read-char)))
- (while (not (setq elt (assoc char dired-query-alist)))
- (message "Invalid char - type %c for help." help-char)
+ (while (progn (setq char (set qs-var (read-key)))
+ (not (setq elt (assoc char dired-query-alist))))
+ (message "Invalid key - type %c for help." help-char)
(ding)
(sit-for 1)
- (apply 'message qprompt qs-args)
- (setq char (set qs-var (read-char))))
+ (apply 'message qprompt qs-args))
;; Display the question with the answer.
(message "%s" (concat (apply 'format qprompt qs-args)
(char-to-string char)))