From b3e301bd285ce0ac693cf2cfe7c0e894b5e0c639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Kelling <iank@fsf.org>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 00:43:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] minor improvements

---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 init.el    | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index faf22b2..c483d68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 /tramp
 /transient
 /url
+/image-dired/
 
 # artifacts I create
 /dev.el
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index f8c0fee..1701c98 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -686,6 +686,13 @@ A non-nil CURRENT-ONLY argument means save only current buffer."
         savehist-file (concat user-emacs-directory ".savehist"))
   (savehist-mode 1))
 
+;;; image dired
+
+
+;; dont see how to make this change existing thumbs
+;; image-dired-thumb-size
+
+
 ;;; dired
 
 ;; dired - reuse current buffer by pressing 'a'
@@ -1042,7 +1049,7 @@ A non-nil CURRENT-ONLY argument means save only current buffer."
 ;;'(header-line ((t (:background "default" :foreground "default" :overline nil :underline nil))))
 ;; '(region ((t nil))))
 
-;;; tramp debugging
+;; notes on tramp debugging:
 ;; emacs -Q
 ;; (setq tramp-verbose 10)
 ;; do the thing that fails, then open the very big buffer. I figured out somewhat randomly that it was failing to find readlink by doing type -P readlink, which fails in dash with: -P: not found
@@ -1123,8 +1130,9 @@ A non-nil CURRENT-ONLY argument means save only current buffer."
   (interactive)
   (mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime 'dontsign))
 
-;; don't highlight the region.
-(set-face-background 'region nil)
+;; don't highlight the region. just changing things up.
+;;(set-face-background 'region nil)
+;;
 
 ;; this fixes save error for python example code
 (define-coding-system-alias 'UTF-8 'utf-8)
@@ -2553,6 +2561,13 @@ modes like org-mode which have their own yank function."
 ;;;;; C-c - copy
 
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-d") 'kill-ring-save)
+
+;; by default is does image-dired-delete-character, pretty useless.
+(add-hook 'image-dired-thumbnail-mode-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (define-key image-dired-thumbnail-mode-map (kbd "C-d") nil)))
+
+
 (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook
           (lambda ()
             (define-key c-mode-map (kbd "C-d") nil)
-- 
2.30.2