Re: AMC patches ported to mc-2006-02-03-13.tar.gz

[Roland Illig <roland illig gmx de>]

Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Arpi wrote:
>
>
> > > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Arpi wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > select_dirs.patch
> > > >    In select/unselect files dialog:
> > > >    let mask/ select directories only, and /mask select dirs+files
> > >
> > > This doesn't seem very intuitive.
> >
> > Why?
> > /mask   things in the current (/) directory
> > mask/ or /mask/   only directories (path has '/' ending) here
> > mask    files  (old behaviour)
>
>
> To me it is not obvious. When I see `/' I think root directory. Anyway,
> this is just me. What worries me most is the fact that this patch changes
> the old behaviour. I'd like to hear what other people think of it.

Selecting directories with a mask looks useful to me, but the leading 
slash indeed looks odd.

Concerning prior art: The shell expands "*/" to all directories in the 
current directory, and "*" to all files and directories. Here, the 
problem is that mc's behavior already differs from sh's. Otherwise I'd 
say we just imitate the shell.

Roland