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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Subject: Re: agenda buffer: bulk remote editing: whats the use for mark vs
 mark for bulk?
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:19:45 +0800
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Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> thx Eric!
>
> this works well for archiving, though i cant see a delete option in
> that dispatcher

No, I don't think delete is one of the options...

> best
>
> z
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Eric Abrahamsen
> <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
>
>
>     Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     > hi all
>     > after reading the agenda buffer section in the manual i still
>     cant
>     > make sense of the bulk remote editing commands and specifically
>     the
>     > mark vs mark for bulk.
>     > my use case is simple , i want to mark a bunch of entries like
>     in
>     > dired and execurte del/archive/change state etc
>     >
>     > using `m` to mark i can see that the entries are marked but cant
>     seem
>     > to understand how to then delete/archive these marked file.
>     > also what is M-m for if i can mark with `m`?
>     >
>     > thx so much
>     > Z
>
>     "m" adds a mark to the heading under point, "M-m" toggles the
>     mark. So
>     multiple "m"s will always leave the heading marked, while multiple
>     "M-m"s will toggle back and forth between marked and unmarked. Hit
>     "U"
>     to unmark all.
>
>     Then hit "B" to get a little dispatcher asking you what to do with
>     the
>     marked headings.
>
>     HTH,
>     Eric