Re: emacs dired: unable to view deletion list

[Xah Lee]

On Apr 3, 2:01 pm, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 13:17:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > this seems to be a UI bug.
>
> No, it's a feature ;-)
>
> > in dired, type ~ to flag backup files. Then, type x to delete them.
> > Dired will prompt you with “Delete D [251 files] (y or n)” with a list
> > of files to be deleted on the top pane.
>
> > However, when you have more files to fit in a window, part of the list
> > is not visible, and there's no way to view them. You can't page up/
> > down, cant scroll it. I haven't found a way to view it.
>
> > anyone got a method?
>
> C-M-v or M-PgDn work for me.

Thanks!

that's odd... something not apparent in my customization is doing
it... could it dired-plus?

 Xah