Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > Hello, > > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> What I meant was, first ask the user for a directory, then cycle through >> the files and ask whether to move each file to that directory. The user >> wouldn't specify the directory itself for each file. And with >> `map-y-or-n-p', the user can just hit "!" to take care of all files. >> >> Am I misunderstanding your concern? The only time the ID attachment >> directory scheme (which is indeed opaque) would come into play is when >> the command was called with a prefix argument -- ie, when removing a >> custom directory, and reverting to the automatic directory. In that >> case, the directory would be automatically derived, and the user would >> simply be presented with the choice to move each file there, or not. > > When asking for each file if it should be moved or not, you can end up > with files in both the old and the new directory. My concern is that, > when the old directory is a default ID directory, there is no simple way > to get the files back. So, I think we should automatically move files in > this case. > > I also agree with your special case described above.
Okay, makes sense. I hope we haven't totally scared off Florian... Florian, are you interested in doing another version of the patch? Eric
