From: Eshel Yaron Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:29:28 +0000 (+0200) Subject: * lisp/filet.el: Add Commentary X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e52b919c811a717eaf2a685c2c9c6f0eeda5b699;p=emacs.git * lisp/filet.el: Add Commentary --- diff --git a/lisp/filet.el b/lisp/filet.el index d1a22e35c6d..b343e1761cb 100644 --- a/lisp/filet.el +++ b/lisp/filet.el @@ -20,7 +20,22 @@ ;;; Commentary: +;; This library provides a single command, `filet'. It pops up a +;; transient menu that lets you apply file system operations to files +;; whose names you previously copied (killed). ;; +;; `filet' works best with Dired: say you're in a Dired buffer showing +;; and you want to copy some of the listed files to another location. +;; Maybe you don't know exactly where you want to put them yet, but +;; that's OK. Simply mark some files and hit `0 w' to copy their +;; absolute names. You can consult some resource or just think what you +;; want to do with those files, and then later, in another Dired buffer, +;; hit `C-y' to invoke `filet'. It remembers the file names that you've +;; copied (even if you copy other things in between), and lets you copy, +;; move or link those files to the current Dired directory. +;; +;; Initial development of this library was inspired by this discussion: +;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00478.html ;;; Code: