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[Discuss] Dir mode: Ctrl+Delete should prune   [Discuss]

By: David L Gent       
Date: May 29,2011 at 05:27
In Response to: [Discuss] Dir mode: Ctrl+Delete should prune (Juergen Hestermann)


> There are 4 possible functions:
>
> 1. Delete a single directory (which works on empty directories only)
> 2. Delete all tagged directories (again empty directories only)
> 3. Prune the whole branch of a directory
> 4. Prune all branches of all tagged directories
>
> We currently have 3. (Delete) and 2. (Ctrl+Delete, though this still
> has a bug). If we need all 4 functions then we need two additionals keys
> but for the time beeing it would be ok to have [D]elete do function 3.
> (as it already does) and let [Ctrl+D]elete do function 4. (instead of
> 2.). That was one of the major reasons to ask for a directory mode so
> that we can delete (prune) a bunch of directories as you can do in
> explorer too.
>
>
> Jürgen.

Hi
It's been a long time since I last posted here, though I've lurked occasionally, and more to the point I've not been testing and have not looked at the directory mode at all yet (though I am exited by the prospect). Old timers might recall that I am far from a "power user".

Forgive me if this seems niaive and if there are obvious reasons for the decisions taken so far. However it seems to me that the commands and what they do should parallel the longstanding practise as far as possible in order to be as intuitive as possible. So given Jürgen's 4 functions:

1. should be simple delete
2. should be ctrl+delete
3. should use the prune command (I suppose the Alt is redundant here)
4. should be ctrl+P

It's what I'd expect from long experience of using the existing ztree. Of course if they're not all implemented there'd be gaps.

David

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